B9: AML Resources including a link to HM Treasury Approved UK Legal Sector Guidance

The anti-money laundering landscape in the legal sector is changing and coming into ever more focus, with an increased awareness of the multitude of ways in which the legitimate services provided by legal firms can be used for illegitimate purposes. HM Treasury and the National Crime Agency in the latest National Risk Assessment clearly define the legal sector as being at high risk of Money Laundering.

These AML pages contain various aids to risk mitigation; key documents, risk templates, answers to some of commonly asked AML questions and much more.