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This publication comes while the FIAU is marking its 20 years of operations and signals our eagerness to be forward looking and resolute to become more effective...

Allowing money laundering to flourish effectively means supporting terrorism, drugs and violence in our neighbourhoods.

The UBO Register system seems to be directly aimed at helping curb terrorist funding, money laundering and tax evasion.

At the end of 2022, the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) launched its first ever strategy for the period 2023-2026. Its Acting Director Alfred Zammit...

On the 20th February, 2015 Act No. III of 2015 was published making various amendments to the PMLA (Cap. 373 of the Laws of Malta) (as well as, to a lesser extent, to the Criminal Code and to the Professional Secrecy Act).

Malta’s commitment to the fight against money laundering and the funding of terrorism is firmly rooted in the country’s interest in safeguarding its role as a reputable financial services centre, and buttressed by the country’s status as a full member of the European Union and signatory to the main international multilateral treaties intended to tackle the affliction of money laundering in the world’s financial markets.

The EU's unwavering commitment to comprehensively combat threats posed by Money Laundering (and funding of Terrorism) across the Union has been further strengthened by the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive ...

The FIAU has just released the Implementing Procedures Part II focusing specifically on AML/CFT obligations for professionals and firms offering services contemplated under the Company Service Providers Act, namely:

Malta's inclusion on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring (also known as they ‘grey list') in June 2021 raised quite a...

The beneficiary can be a natural or legal person, a trust or another foundation.

In its efforts to strengthen its supervisory capabilities in the sphere of the financial services sector, the EU framework has seen the realisation of the...

In its efforts to strengthen its supervisory capabilities in the sphere of the financial services sector, the EU framework has seen the realisation of the European system...

In accordance with the Gaming Definitions Regulations (S.L.583.04), 'gaming' means an activity consisting in participating in a game, offering a gaming service or making a gaming supply...

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) in the gaming sector encompasses laws and procedures to prevent the laundering of illicit funds through gaming activities.

Malta’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework has undergone a significant evolution following the introduction of Legal Notice 82 of 2026...

Procuring original documents, or certified true copies thereof, in particular has become increasingly challenging.

In this article, Diane Bugeja, Senior Associate, and Peter Mizzi, Compliance and AML Advisor at Camilleri Preziosi Advocates, assess the upcoming thorough and sweeping changes to be made at EU level...

On Monday 18 October 2021 the FIAU published a revised version of the Implementing Procedures (IPs) Part 1 to ‘transpose' the proposals that the FIAU had issued for a consultation back in March 2021...