Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up to date, according to The Guild of Property...

A growing number of property developers are admitting that they have been a victim of financial crime – including money laundering, according to new data from a cross-sector...

Martin Cheek, managing director at SmartSearch looks at the escalating efforts of criminal gangs attempting to launder illicit funds through the UK property market and how this poses...

Average Anti-Money Laundering fines issued to estate agents for non-compliance so far this year have already crept beyond the average fine seen last year highlighting the severity of...

The flow of dirty money into property development firms is increasing, as 40% report a rise in the number of Suspicious Activity Reports they have submitted over the past six months,...

Over two-thirds of property developers are struggling under the “worrying weight of compliance”, admitting that their concerns about committing an anti-money laundering...

Property firms need to make the switch to a perpetual Know Your Customer (pKYC) model to stay ahead of the rising threat of financial crime, according to fresh warnings from compliance...

With cases of fraud and fake ID documents rising across the property industry, risk management platform Thirdfort is warning property lawyers and agents to be extra vigilant when...

The property industry is entering its busiest time of year when it comes to anti-money laundering checks, suggesting that an already busy start to the year is set to get even busier...

A January spike in AML activity across the property sector suggests that those predicting the catastrophic decline of the market in 2023 have done so both prematurely and incorrectly,...