Identifying Ultimate Beneficial Ownership among your third parties is more critical than ever. Need proof? Look at the FinCEN leak.

Finding the ultimate Beneficial Owner of a company can feel like you’re wandering through a maze. See how the addition of UBO data in Nexis Diligence™ takes you straight to insight.

Recent guidance issued by the DOJ underlines the importance of Due Diligence in M&A and highlights opportunities to improve corporate compliance

In our ongoing Expert Q&A series, we spoke with Caroline Black, partner at Dechert LLP, about the current anti-bribery and corruption compliance landscape, including the rise in collaborative, cross-border investigations, use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements to encourage self-reporting and more.

Head of the OECD Anti-Corruption Division PMoulette shares his insights into the international ABC agenda, the rise of DPAs and more in our latest Q&A. Read more.

In 2015, Paypal was fined a whopping £5m fine after they had allowed payments which violated sanctions and involved links to weapons of mass destruction.

The oil and gas industry faces greater reputational risk and sanctions today. Luckily, there are several ways to mitigate risk and manage a good reputation.

Is beneficial ownership a tool for risk management or does it only hide malicious acts? Companies are under more pressure than ever to address the issue.

Find out the largest enforcement actions by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in 2016, which amounted to a record-setting $2.48 billion settlement.

The EU Commission has proposed amendments to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive to improve oversight over financial methods used by terrorists.

Does the House of Lords ‘No’ vote on public beneficial ownership registries—a proposed amendment to the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering bill—mean a softer stance on money laundering? Not necessarily. Take a closer look.

Significant measures in beneficial ownership screening have been announced at London Summit 2016, where 40 jurisdictions have sworn to more transparency.

Executives at FIFA and UEFA can sympathise with Don Corleone after last week's Panama leak put the spotlight of the media and organisations governing World and European football respectively.

This blog talks about the the hidden world of elite beneficial ownership--the Panama leak. Read about it here and find out more about this in-depth report. Click here! BIS UK Blog

In what is one of the biggest leaks in history, the Panama Papers scandal has revealed how one law firm allegedly helped clients launder money

The article 'Lifting the corporate veil: EU aims new AML directive at hidden beneficial ownership' is presented here. Find out what it's all about by clicking here now. BIS UK Blog

There are a host of simple things one can do to help determine the source credibility of online content.

What constitutes a PEP? Why PEPs can pose a risk of money laundering? The new guidance from the FCA advises on how companies should manage this risk to meet their AML requirements.

The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) attended a recent meeting in Paris to outline the standards of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Find out how companies should consider increasing the level of their due diligence efforts to mitigate these risks.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published proposals on how to improve the implementation of international standards on transparency, including the availability of beneficial ownership information.