27th March 2023 The FIAU would like to inform reporting entities that on Tuesday 28th March 2023 between 17:00 and 18:00 there will be a scheduled downtime of the goAML system. During this maintenance window, the goAML Portal (goaml.fiaumalta.org/PROD/Home) will be inaccessible. All operations around the platform will resume immediately after the maintenance window.
15th March 2023 The FIAU’s analytical function is key in safeguarding the Jurisdiction’s good standing and the integrity of its financial system from the negative and detrimental effect of financial crime. One invaluable tool utilised by the Intelligence Analysis Section in the carrying out of its duties is its power to request information from subject […]
14th March 2023 *Registration will open tomorrow, Wednesday 15th March 2023 at 9:00am.* The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) and the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), in collaboration with the British High Commission, is organising a full day training session on Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism (ML/FT) Typologies. Date: 18th April 2023Time: 08:00 – 19:00Location: […]
6th March 2023 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) and the Malta Financial Service Authority (MFSA) would like to inform subject persons that a full day training session will be held on Tuesday, 18th April in conjunction with the British High Commission. The event aims to raise awareness of crime types that have an impact on […]
1st March 2023 The 2023 Risk Evaluation Questionnaire (“REQ”) is now available on the Compliance and Supervision Platform for Assessing Risk (CASPAR) portal for completion by subject persons. Subject persons are reminded that the REQ can only be submitted through the CASPAR portal. The deadlines for submission of the 2023 REQ are as follows: Thursday […]
31st January 2023 A key tool to conduct effective risk-based supervision is the information the FIAU has on each subject person it supervises. Regulation 19 of the PMLFTR empowers the FIAU to request periodical reports from subject persons which enable it to gather all the information it deems necessary to fulfil its supervisory functions on […]
11th January 2023 The FIAU would like to notify subject persons that a political agreement at Council level has been reached on the proposed Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) and the new 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD6) pending first reading of such legislative texts at the European Parliament. The Council is now in a position to […]
23rd December 2022 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to notify subject persons that the European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a consultation paper on effective management of ML/FT risks and access to financial services. The consultation relates to the addition of a new section to the EBA’s Guidelines on ML/FT risk factors […]
20th December 2022 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has today issued the Implementing Procedures – Part II addressed to accountants and auditors. Drafted in conjunction with the Malta Institute of Accountants, these Implementing Procedures – Part II are intended to clarify how particular obligations arising from the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Prevention […]