In retrograde? - USA AML

President Trump's radicalism knows no bounds, it would seem - financial crime control has not escaped, certainly: setting aside convictions; suspending Foreign Corrupt Practices Act casework; hollowing out the Anti-Money Laundering Act, halting long-anticipated implementation of a beneficial ownership register and pausing extension of AML requirements to investment advisers, and that's before any doubts that might be raised about the administration's stance on cryptocurrency - what does it all mean for anti-money laundering professionals? Keith Nuthall takes stock and seeks counsel.

President Trump's radicalism knows no bounds, it would seem - financial crime control has not escaped, certainly: setting aside convictions; suspending Foreign Corrupt Practices Act casework; hollowing out the Anti-Money Laundering Act, halting long-anticipated implementation of a beneficial ownership register and pausing extension of AML requirements to investment advisers, and that's before any doubts that might be raised about the administration's stance on cryptocurrency - what does it all mean for anti-money laundering professionals? Keith Nuthall takes stock and seeks counsel.