The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has just published its 2015Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) Annual Report and the figure that immediately catches the eye is that the SARs total continued its upward trend, rising by 7.8% to 381,882.  Just for comparison, from October 2010 to September 2011 the figure was 247,601, so that’s a pretty […]

The National Crime Agency has issued a notice stating that, from 15 September, a suspicious activity report requesting consent to continue with a financial transaction that fails to contain the reasons for suspicion or a statement regarding criminal property will be rejected. The reporter will be sent a notification letter setting out the reasons why […]