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Financial firms have a particular responsibility to limit and manage the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing. In this context, companies must have procedures and internal controls in place to ensure that employees do not abuse their position.

Financial firms are therefore required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act to have written policies, business procedures and controls, which must include, among other things, screening employees.

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The Money Laundering Act

The Money Laundering Act imposes requirements on persons and companies engaged in business activities at risk of their activities being misused to launder money or finance terrorism.

Paragraphs 8 of the Act require screening of employees, which means, among other things, that an undertaking ensures that, before hiring a person, that he has not been convicted of a criminal offence justifying an imminent danger of abuse of that person's position, and ensuring that the company becomes aware of employees who are convicted of such a relationship during the course of their employment. A risk assessment should be established according to the function of an employee in the company.

DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act)

The DORA Regulation Digital operational resilience in the financial sector requires financial firms to maintain the same high level of organisational security as critical entities.

In addition, there are already many areas in the Executive Order (Ordinance on the Management and Governance of Financial Institutions, etc.) where expanded background checks can improve the requirements for reassuring safeguards.

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