Latest update of the high-risk third countries list, effective as from October

Posted by Tom Wijmans
On 11 May 2020

On the 7th of May, the EU announced an update of the high-risk third countries list, effective as from October 2020. Countries that will be added to the list are: The Bahamas Barbados Botswana Cambodia Ghana Jamaica Mauritius Mongolia Myanmar Nicaragua Panama Zimbabwe The EU plans to de-list a few countries that were previously […]

Action plan for a Policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing

Posted by Tom Wijmans
On 11 May 2020

On the 7th of May, the European Commission announced a new Action Plan for a policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The European Commission plans to strengthen the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. This Action Plan covers the forthcoming 12 months and, although there is a public consultation until the 29th […]

Project management is a profession

Posted by Tom Wijmans
On 7 May 2020

Knocking on an open door? Yes of course… but not for everybody it seems. During my career, I have seen many project managers who simply busied themselves with spreadsheets. They appeared to have little understanding of what they were actually doing and even less of an understanding of what they wanted to achieve. Although many […]

Systematic Integrity Risk Assessment (SIRA)

Posted by Robert van Asch
On 6 May 2020

To mitigate risks, you have to know what risks are present in the first place. In terms of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD/WWFT), it is vital that the details and scenarios of and potential changes to these sometimes complex risks are known before appropriate risk mitigation strategies can be implemented in order to control the […]