Tag: Source of Wealth Declaration Form
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The AML compliance gap no one wants to talk about
In the field of anti money laundering, many lawyers fall into the trap of conflating source of funds with source of wealth. They treat them as a single requirement when they are in fact two distinct obligations. One is a forensic look at a specific pot of money. The other is a holistic assessment of…
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Source of Wealth Declaration Forms – Not Yet the Conveyancing Norm
A report prepared by the Lexsure’s Independent AML Audit team last week revealed that only one in 20 firms audited by Lexsure in 2022 had any Source of Wealth Declaration Forms completed on their conveyancing files. Of the firms that did have such forms, they were correctly advising clients that all supporting documents attached to…