…continued from yesterday AS we stated in our editorial opinion yesterday, the National Risk Assessment report reveals a very troubling reality around how entities that are supposed to be gatekeepers have found themselves in a predicament of being enablers of illicit financial transactions, including law firms. The report is very clear that LAZ, ZIEA and the Licensing Committee were found to have limited supervision activities, no dedicated Anti-money laundering staff, no developed monitoring and supervision tools, and no risk-based supervision frameworks. This is why the report’s rating of law firms as high risk should not be treated as a technical matter. It is a political economy warning. It is telling us that public money can be stolen in one place...

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