Year: 2022

November 4, 2022

Publication of the 2022 Supranational Risk Assessment

4th November 2022 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to inform subject persons that on the 27th of October 2022 the European Commission published a revised version of its Supranational Risk Assessment (SNRA). This is the third edition of the SNRA. The updating of this  publication, as stipulated in Article 6(1) of the […]

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November 1, 2022

EBA launches call for interest for two expert groups and a call for input to advise on its work under the recast Funds Transfers Regulation

1st November 2022 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to bring to the attention of all subject persons that the European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued: A call for interest for two expert groups A call for expression of interest to join two Technical Expert Groups: – on crypto assets service providers and anti-money […]

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October 26, 2022

FATF Public Statements – 21 October 2022

The FIAU would like to bring to your attention the latest FATF ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ (previously known as ‘Public Statement’) and ‘Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring‘ (previously known as ‘Improving global AML/CFT compliance: on-going process’) documents issued by the FATF on 21 October 2022. A copy of these documents has been […]

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October 13, 2022

Provision of Directorship Services by Corporate Service Providers – Thematic Review 2020

13th October 2022 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) is issuing the following communication to subject persons in relation to the thematic review on Corporate Service Providers’ (CSPs) adherence to anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations which was carried out during 2020.  Through the paper, the FIAU aims to set light […]

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October 10, 2022

Notice – CBAR System – Downtime

10th October 2022 The FIAU would like to inform CBAR Reporting Entities that on Thursday 13th October 2022, between 12:30 PM and 15:30 PM there will be a scheduled down time. 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 […]

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August 2, 2022

FATF updates its Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach for the Real Estate Sector

2nd August 2022 The FIAU would like to inform subject persons that the FATF has updated its Guidance Document on the Risk Based Approach for the Real Estate Sector. This follows a public consultation exercise carried out between March – April 2022, in which the FIAU also provided its feedback. The revised Risk-Based Approach Guidance for […]

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July 28, 2022

EU “Maintenance and Alignment” Package of Restrictive Measures against Russia & Update of SMB Guidance Notes

28th July 2022 The FIAU would like to bring to your attention the fact that on the 21st of July 2022, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the “maintenance and alignment package” in response to Russia’s continuing war of aggression against Ukraine. These measures “are intended to tighten existing economic sanctions targeting Russia, perfect […]

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July 26, 2022

EUROPOL publishes the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2022

26th July 2022 The FIAU would like to inform subject persons that EUROPOL has published the Annual European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report for 2022. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date intelligence picture on terrorism and associated extremism in the European Union (EU). It includes figures, major developments and trends pertaining to the threat posed by terrorism […]

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