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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue.

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Bridging Banking Gaps For Cannabis Companies

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Nowhere does that ring truer than in the nascent and growing legal cannabis industry, where billions of dollars flow the old-fashioned way — hand to hand, because of the clash between federal and state regulations over its legality. As noted in this space earlier in the year, roughly $5 billion in taxes was handled — via cash — last year.

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Sports Betting Moves Forward In The U.S. — With or Without ‘Integrity Fees’

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Meanwhile, states such as Kentucky, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland and others are making moves toward legalization, and via different methods. The state reportedly would impose a $250,000 licensing fee on betting providers, along with a 3 percent tax. percent state tax on sports wagers.