U.S. Plays Catch-up to Close Long-Standing Gaps in Anti-Money Laundering Laws: Part Two: Focus on Real Estate Transactions

Part One of this Article focused on the U.S. Government’s anti-money laundering/contra terrorist financing (“AML”) efforts, certain deficiencies in the 2001 USA Patriot Act, which was enacted following the terrorist...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA
U.S. Plays Catch-up to Close Long-Standing Gaps in Anti-Money Laundering Laws: Part One
The U.S. Government finally seems to begin focusing on closing long-standing and significant gaps in existing anti-money and contra-terrorist financing laws (together, “AML”) that have been in existence for nearly...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA
Anti-Money Laundering Functions of Credit Organizations in Russia
This paper provides you brief observation of anti-money laundering (hereafter-AML) functions assigned to the credit organizations in Russia.
AML requirements are vary greatly from region to region. Although Russia follows...Read more

Stella Gukova
Head of Legal and Compliance, JCS Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank, Russian Federation