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AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...

A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.  The...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

The government has published its response to an MPs’ committee’s comments on overseas buyers of properties in the UK - and...

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

The government’s anti-money laundering campaign Flag It Up has published an A to Z which it claims will help agents understand...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

The Guardian is this morning reporting that “a major estate agent” has been accused of involvement in corruption with the house...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

A London estate agent who works closely with High Net Worth overseas buyers has hit out a proposed law which he...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is consulting members on the creation of a personal statement which they must sign to...

A technology company says that despite government attempts to eradicate money laundering in property transactions, agents and other industry professionals have been left...

The Treasury Select Committee of MPs has announced an inquiry into ‘economic crime’ - including the possibility that overseas-owned UK homes could be...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind a government move to create a register of overseas companies...

A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment...

The plummetting pound following the UK’s shock vote to leave the European Union risks creating more money-laundering operations through this country’s...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it welcomes the government’s commitment to establish a public register of beneficial ownership information...

A report from anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International says British estate agents reported only 179 suspicions of money laundering in a...

The National Association of Estate Agents is awaiting a response from the government to its demand for four changes to sale...

The National Association of Estate Agents has teamed up with a campaigning anti-corruption body to call for four major changes to...

An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...