The consultation sets out four potential models for reform, and also considers reform to sanctions supervision.
By Rob Moulton, Jonathan Ritson-Candler, Thomas F. Lane, and Charlotte Collins
On 30 June 2023, HM Treasury published a consultation on reforms to anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) supervision in the UK. HM Treasury is consulting on structural reforms to how AML and CTF requirements on firms are supervised and enforced, but is not consulting on changes to the AML and CTF requirements themselves at this stage. A separate consultation on changes to the Money Laundering Regulations is expected in late 2023.
One of the options HM Treasury has proposed could significantly impact the way in which financial services firms are supervised for AML/CTF purposes, and so firms should read and consider the proposals carefully.