In an earlier post, here, we examined Law No. 20 of 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Illegal Organizations, the new Federal AML Law enacted by the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) to ensure best practice anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures.
In this post, we consider how the UAE’s two financial free zones, established in the Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which both possess their own civil and commercial legal frameworks, inclusive of court systems modeled closely on international standards and principles of common law and, importantly, autonomous financial services regulation, have followed suit by augmenting their financial crimes regulatory frameworks.
Malicious actors want to take your data. When they have it, they will make you pay to get it back. Learn about ransomware and how to prepare against it with this informative and practical 
Ask the bank that just paid the SEC more than $ 6 million for failing to adequately train its Asia Pacific Region (APAC) personnel on antibribery with respect to hiring practices. The bank had policies against hiring personnel in exchange for business, but, according to the SEC’s order, the company “failed to effectively train APAC employees or monitor their compliance with those policies…. APAC bankers and compliance personnel lacked familiarity with and understanding of [the company’s] anti-bribery and corruption policies, particularly as those policies relate to hiring.” SEC Order in Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-19537. 
In certain circumstances, a company’s statement that one of its employees poses a significant and unacceptable compliance risk is not defamatory. According to a recent federal appellate decision, such a statement (made by a company while complying with a deferred prosecution agreement relating to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations) had no “provably false factual connotation,” and was a statement of opinion beyond the reach of defamation law. 
On September 26, 2019, a bipartisan group of eight Senators introduced the Illicit Cash Act
Saying it will accelerate complex investigations, the United States and the United Kingdom proposed an historic data exchange agreement. In future, each government will be able to obtain electronic data directly from technology companies in the other country. The governments also say this first of its kind agreement will protect privacy and enhance civil liberties.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organization founded 30 years ago to develop and uphold policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, is conducting a peer review (or “mutual evaluation”) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year.
A post on our Triage blog discusses a decision about the legality of changing medical billing codes in order to maximize revenue from the government. Can that be done consistent with the False Claims Act? See the discussion 