About this episode

Legal experts discuss challenges and opportunities in the legal sector regarding anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting.

In this episode our panel of legal experts discuss key considerations and challenges facing legal professionals when it comes to anti-money laundering (AML) and suspicious activity reporting. The legal sector covers everything from large global firms down to sole practitioners and our panellists discuss key money laundering threats, risk areas and the indicators which firms and sole practitioners should be looking for. For the subtitled version of this episode go to: https://youtu.be/FztrHRW0-7U SRA – Solicitor’s Regulation Authority MLRO- Money Laundering Reporting Officer AML – Anti-money laundering WTW – Willis Towers Watson FCA – Financial Conduct Authority CDD – Customer Due Diligence OFSI – Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Further information can be found here: https://sra.org.uk/aml https://sra.org/sanctions https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/regulation-and-compliance/financial-compliance/anti-money-laundering/ https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/law-society-news/aml-thematic-review-of-suspicious-activity-reports/ https://lawsociety.org.uk/topics/anti-money-laundering/ https://wtwco.com/en-gb

Topics covered

• anti-money laundering
• legal sector challenges
• suspicious activity reporting
• money laundering threats
• risk areas in law
• legal professionals

Keywords

• anti-money laundering
• legal professionals
• suspicious activity reporting
• money laundering threats
• risk areas
• Customer Due Diligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Solicitor’s Regulation Authority, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Anti-money laundering, Willis Towers Watson, Financial Conduct Authority, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Law Society, Law Society of Scotland

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