Day: December 5, 2017

On 5^th December the EU finally published its awaited list of “non-cooperative” jurisdictions.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-5121_en.htm

See also accompanying Memo and Factsheet –

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-17-5122_en.htm

https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/eu_list_factsheet_en.pdf

American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, South Korea, Macao, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Namibia, Palau, Panama, St Lucia, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, UAE

LATEST HM TREASURY ADVISORY NOTICE REGARDING THE RISKS POSED BY UNSATISFACTORY MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING CONTROLS IN A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS

On 5^th December, HM Treasury’s latest Advisory Notice was published. It refers to 2 statements issued by FATF in November 9these are annexed to the Advisory Notice).

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664503/Money_laundering_and_terrorist_financing_controls_in_overseas_jurisdictions___advisory_notice.pdf

This 2014 book is available in full as a pdf online

Click to access SCG-FINAL-FINAL.pdf

 

“Marking the 50^th anniversary of UN sanctions, this work examines the evolution of sanctions from a primary instrument of economic warfare to a tool of prevention and protection against global conflicts and human rights abuses”

http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319600048 

 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer provides excellent coverage of developments concerned with the UN Guiding Principles (aka “Ruggie Principles”) and includes a 3-part recap of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2017.

http://humanrights.freshfields.com/tag/ruggie%20principles