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SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

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...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

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

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

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

The government has published details of the Criminal Finances Bill with prime central London property used for purposes of money laundering...

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

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

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...

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...

Labour’s housing spokesperson on the London Assembly wants estate agents and mayor Boris Johnson to take money laundering in property more...