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On Jan. 10, 2020, the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (Regulations 2019) went into effect in the United Kingdom. Regulations 2019 transposed the European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive into U.K. national law and brought art market participants (AMPs), including but not limited to qualifying dealers, auction houses, intermediaries and freeports, within the regulated sector for anti-money laundering purposes.
At its core, Regulations 2019 require AMPs to carry out due diligence on their customers and transactions to ensure they understand who they’re dealing with and the type of transaction at hand. The purpose of Regulations 2019 is simple: to prevent criminals from using art as a vehicl...
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