Notice – CBAR System – Downtime

January 20, 2022

20th Jan 2022 The FIAU would like to inform CBAR Reporting Entities that on Wednesday 26th January 2022 there will be scheduled down time between 07:30 and 13:00. During this maintenance window, MoveIT (moveit.fiaumalta.org) and CBAR Portal (cbar.fiaumalta.org) will be inaccessible. All operations around the platform, including file submission, validation report generation and user registration will resume immediately after the […]

RECORDING AVAILABLE- Training Session on the ‘Concealment of Beneficial Ownership’

January 7, 2022

07th January 2022 On the 30th November, the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), in conjunction with the Malta Business Registry (MBR), organised a training session on money laundering (ML) typologies, red flags and case studies which are indicative of beneficial ownership concealment. The session was intended to increase subject persons’ understanding of beneficial ownership requirements, enhance their ability […]

Guidance Note On Submitting Tax Related Suspicious Reports

December 31, 2021

31st December 2021 The FIAU published a guidance note in relation to tax related suspicious reporting. The document aims to provide subject persons with important tax related ML/FT indicators that are found on goAML that are to be used when reporting serious and complex tax crimes. An excel file is also being provided with a list of indicators which […]

Intelligence Factsheet: The misuse of corporate vehicles in Malta, with a focus on beneficial ownership concealment

December 31, 2021

31st December 2021 The FIAU published a factsheet with key information extracted from the results of a strategic analysis carried out related to the misuse of companies in which the involvement of at least one Maltese entity was observed, with a focus on beneficial ownership concealment. The document aims to provide subject persons with ML/FT […]

goAML – Indicators Update and Guidance Document

December 20, 2021

20th December 2021 The FIAU has published a guidance document in relation to the updates made to the indicators list used in goAML for the submission of suspicious reports. The changes are applicable as of 1 January 2022. The changes made have been reflected in the XML Schema technical documentation available on our website. The […]

EBA Consultation Paper on draft Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions

December 14, 2021

14th December 2021 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to bring to the attention of all subject persons the consultation paper which has been published by the European Banking Authority (EBA) containing draft Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions. These Guidelines set out a common understanding by competent authorities of […]