The total number of suspicious activity reports (SARs) submitted to the UK Financial Intelligence Unit fell by five percent to 860,000 during the April 2022 to March 2023 period, despite the continuation of the Russian sanctions regime.
The number of SARs made by trust or company service providers fell from 140 to 64.
Defence against money laundering (DAML) requests declined by 11 percent and the corresponding amount of money denied to suspected crim...