Anti-Money Laundering: What You Need to Know (UK estate agency edition): A concise guide to anti-mon

FULLY UPDATED to meet the requirements of Brexit and January 2020 and July 2022 amendments to the 2017 Regulations

Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) have never been more important. Criminals and terrorists are desperate to move their money around the world and protect it from seizure, and you and your estate agency firm or letting agency form a vital part of the UK's defences against the contamination of the world's financial system by this dirty money.
By reading this concise guide, anyone working in the estate agency or letting agency sector in the UK will learn about their personal and institutional AML/CFT obligations. The key elements of the UK's AML/CFT regime are explained, and you are encouraged to read this guide alongside your own firm's AML/CFT procedures in order to get the very best from both.