Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

31 Jan 2012

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is set to enact new guidelines to counter money laundering and terrorist financing on April 1, but analysts say significant loopholes have yet to be...

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Police, customs probe record pile of dirty money

22 Feb 2011

Hong Kong police and customs agents investigated record sums of suspicious transactions last year, recovering HK$150 million in criminal proceeds, double the 2009 haul.

'It was the...

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Macau in US cross hairs over terror financing

15 Aug 2010

A US State Department report has put the spotlight firmly on Macau after it was identified as a potential site for 'terrorist financing activities'.

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HK lags on global terrorist, cash laws

2 May 2010

After nearly two years of making little headway on strengthening the city's anti-terrorism and anti-money-laundering policies, Hong Kong officials are scrambling to show progress before a report...

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HK to get border controls on cash

27 Apr 2010

Hong Kong, under pressure to fall in line with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, is planning controls on cross-border currency movements that would...

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Bid to curb money laundering on properties

10 Feb 2008

The Estate Agents Authority will issue a guideline this year to property agents to help stamp out money laundering, its chairman says.

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Rush to complete money laundering, anti-terror laws

Beijing is speeding up the introduction of legislation designed to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, People's Bank of China vice-governor Xiang Junbo said yesterday.

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Summit on dirty money seeks to educate public

Overseas experts will share their experience to help Hong Kong bring its laws in line with the global mandate

1:30AM

HK plans new anti-money laundering campaign

Updated at 6.17pm:
Commissioner for Narcotics Rosanna Ure Lui Hang-sai said on Monday the government was planning to introduce a new publicity campaign to combat money laundering practices...

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China FATF bid to heat up war on dirty money

Focus on enforcement puts mainland under pressure to crack down on laundering

A bid by China to become a member of the global anti-money laundering body, the Financial Action Task...

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Customs to record cash flow into HK

Details of travellers carrying more than US$15,000 will be kept in a blitz on money laundering

A record will be kept of travellers found entering Hong Kong with more than US$15,000 in...

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FATF chief leads team at meeting

Clarie Lo Ku Ka-lee, the Commissioner for Narcotics, will head a delegation of Hong Kong experts attending the plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) in...

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