As we explained at CoinStaker, the G - 20 countries recommended to follow the FATF standards that
regulate money laundering activities.
Not exact matches
Stiglitz has been on the public record saying that Bitcoin should be made illegal and that once it is
regulated to the point where it can't be used to
launder money or fuel other illicit
activities it will disappear.
«These teams receive intelligence from law enforcement, banks and other regulators, as well as reports from those we
regulate about
activity that might give rise to
money -
laundering and terrorist - financing concerns and the effectiveness of practice within firms.
Legislation relating to the Countering of
Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism is applicable to all businesses undertaking
regulated activities.
Broadly speaking, the changes cover a wide spectrumof white collar crime
activity and include changes to: foreign bribery laws; the introduction of deferred prosecution agreements; whistleblower protection in the private sector; increased powers of the corporate regulator ASIC to investigate and prosecute breaches of the corporations law; an increase in the available penalties applicable to white collar / corporate crime, and changes to the anti
money laundering laws to
regulate bitcoin exchanges.
Currently, Singapore, which is considered to be the Asian hub for finch and initial coin offering, does not
regulate digital assets market, though the central bank watches for the
activities that may pose certain risks, such as
money -
laundering or other illegal transactions.
Other governments continued to seek to
regulate cryptocurrencies out of concerns about
money laundering and other fraudulent
activities.
It added that it currently was evaluating how it should
regulate activities involving digital tokens, which did not function solely as virtual currencies, against
money laundering and terrorist funding risks.