Criminals 'favour easy channels' to launder money
Kuala Lumpur
CRIMINAL organisations when conducting cross-border transactions look at basic systems including money services businesses (MSBs) that are less stringent about "know your customer (KYC)" requirements, financial-crime specialists said, noting that some of these outfits are set up solely to launder funds.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions market planning manager Christopher Foye said MSBs play a useful role in society, for instance by helping migr…
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