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https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Methodsandtrends/crowdfunding-for-terrorism-financing.html
Check out also the latest FATF report on Crowdfunding for terrorist financing!
Date & Time: Jan 18, 2024 05:30 PM (Paris Time)
Description:
This webinar will focus on the methods used by terrorists and violent extremists to raise funds through crowdfunding, and the challenges and best practices to identify and prevent potential terrorist financing.
FINMA reiterates ( https://www.finma.ch/en/news/2024/01/20240112-sr-946-203/)
"In accordance with the provisions of the regulation, financial intermediaries are required to implement the bans, block the assets of the sanctioned persons and report the affected business relationships to SECO. Reporting to SECO does not release a financial intermediary from carrying out additional investigations in accordance with Art. 6 AMLA if there are suspicions and, if he is unable to dispel these, from immediately reporting to the money laundering reporting office in accordance with Article 9 AMLA."
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Without too much surprise, the very controversial proposal of using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine reconstruction has been rejected by the Swiss Senate Commission. The weak legal basis for such proposal may have been the reason of the rejection... To be continued...