Anita Clifford, Author at Bright Line Law — Barrister Law Firm — Economic Sanctions, Financial Crime, Money Laundering & Regulation Lawyers

Wrongful trading — a civil contravention with a money laundering implication?

Speed read: The wrongful trading suspension ended on 30 September 2020 and it is important that company directors keep in mind the offence in section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

by Anita Clifford|23 November 202023 November 2020|BLL Bulletin

The impact of a person’s OFAC designation in the UK

Speed read: Anita Clifford considers the scope for enforcement of OFAC designation against UK persons.

by Anita Clifford|27 October 202027 October 2020|BLL Bulletin

Furlough Fraud and Professional Advisers

Speed read: Fraud on employee support schemes is a focus for enforcement authorities in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.

by Anita Clifford|17 September 202018 September 2020|BLL Bulletin

Developments in POCA disclosure orders

Speed read: Anita Clifford considers the recent case of Faerman v SFO [2020] EWHC 1849 (Admin) which reinforced the jurisdictional limits of disclosure orders and need for careful scrutiny of orders made.

by Anita Clifford|04 September 202004 September 2020|BLL Bulletin

AML and COVID-19

In the first webinar of the series Anita Clifford discusses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on money laundering compliance, paying particular attention to the practical challenges to performing customer due diligence and the outer remit of the regulations in...

by Anita Clifford|05 May 202007 May 2020|Media

Covid-19 & consequences for anti-money laundering

Speedread: Anita Clifford considers the implications for anti-money laundering and Customer Due Diligence following the shift towards virtual client relationships in response to the global health emergency.

by Anita Clifford|24 March 202025 March 2020|BLL Bulletin

The vulnerability of management consultants to an offence of money laundering

Speedread: Recent events suggest that management consultants are vulnerable to interacting with criminal property, thereby triggering a money laundering exposure under UK criminal law.

by Anita Clifford|10 March 202010 March 2020|BLL Bulletin

The revamped Money Laundering Regulations 2017 in 2020: five key changes

Speed read: Amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, introduced by the Money Laundering Regulations 2019, entered into force on 10 January 2020.

by Anita Clifford|10 January 202010 January 2020|BLL Bulletin

Account freezing orders — recent developments and challenges

Anita Clifford discusses recent trends in the UK account freezing regime. Anita analyses the legal framework to assess the ways an individual might challenge an account freezing or forfeiture order and draws on developments in the Jersey proceeds of crime...

by Anita Clifford|05 December 201924 February 2020|Media

Banking on account forfeiture — dramatic developments in the UK & Jersey

Speed read: The National Crime Agency’s recent success in the first major appeal of an account forfeiture order, coupled with the government’s 2019 Asset Recovery Plan, indicates that even greater use of Account Freezing / Forfeiture Orders ('AFOs') is on...

by Anita Clifford|21 November 201917 November 2020|BLL Bulletin