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Money Laundering

What is Money laundering?

The goal of many criminal acts is to generate profit for the individual or group committing the crime. Money laundering involves processing these criminal p...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 10:08 AM

What is a Money Laundering offence?

A person shall be guilty of the offence of money laundering if they are found to have directly or indirectly attempted to engage in, knowingly assisted with...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:33 PM

How are Efforts to Combat Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism linked?

Money laundering is the process of concealing the illicit origin of criminal proceeds, while terrorist financing involves the collection or provision of fun...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:27 PM

What is the connection with society at large?

The potential social and political costs of money laundering, if left unchecked or addressed ineffectively, are significant. Organized crime can infiltrate ...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:23 PM

Why is AML/CFT important?

AML/CFT is important for the following reasons: To protect the financial system. To prevent criminals from profiting from the proceeds of crime. To prev...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:31 PM

Laws in India related to Anti money laundering

There is an act called the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The purpose of this act is to prevent the financing of terrorism and the launder...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:37 PM

Why is Customer Due Diligence necessary?

Many methods used by criminals to launder money or finance terrorism involve leveraging the financial system to transfer funds. Financial institutions, part...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:55 PM

Why is KYC important?

"Know Your Customer" (KYC) is the guiding principle behind Anti-Money Laundering (AML) measures. It incorporates KYC standards and AML measures, h...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:42 PM

Client obligation related to Anti money laundering

1. What does this have to do with opening a Trading/Demat account? The first step in the money laundering process for criminals is to deposit their illicit...
Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 at 4:49 PM