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Organized crime groups 'move billions through crypto'

The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force, an ⁠intergovernmental anti-money laundering group, has said criminals are taking advantage of gaps in regulation to ​move billions in illicit proceeds through the ‌crypto sector. In its latest review into ​the role of virtual assets and ​illicit finance, the group said crypto-enabled crime ​had become more "complex and interconnected" in the past ​year, and national regulators, financial institutions and crypto companies face "significant and ongoing challenges" in detecting and stopping money-laundering ​flows coming from scam compounds and investment ​fraud networks.

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UK/Europe
UK financial firms tighten employee scrutiny

UK financial firms are sharpening their scrutiny of employee conduct ahead of new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that are set to take effect on September 1. The changes, which will amend conduct rules and fitness-for-office tests to add serious, work-related bullying, harassment and violence against colleagues, clarify how firms should take non-financial misconduct into account when assessing employees' fitness and propriety. The new regime puts the onus on managers, rather ​than human resources departments, to identify, investigate and report potentially serious cases. Lawyers report that some companies are dismissing staff suspected of misconduct before the rules increase accountability. Wendy Saunders, a partner at law firm Lewis Silkin, ​says she has seen two or three instances where firms appeared to "dress up a minor conduct issue as non-financial misconduct" to dismiss an underperformer.

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