Anti Money Laundering Guidance for the Legal Sector April 2025

This guidance is essential reading for all legal practitioners to ensure good practice and compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (as amended). This latest version was approved by HM Treasury, taking effect from April 2025. Assists practitioners to implement policies, controls and procedures which meet the obligations detailed in the regulations.This latest version includes important updates relating to: Economic Crime Levy, supply chain risk, definition of high-risk third countries, identification and verification, enhanced due diligence, money laundering offences and tipping off. This book is in a convenient, portable format which is easy to reference - and archive. The Law Society's Anti-Money Laundering Toolkit, 4th edition by Alison Matthews is specifically designed to be read together with this Guidance.