Saturday, February 25, 2006

A privileged position on laundering / Accountancy Age, 23 Feb 2006

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David Callaghan
"After months of lobbying, Westminster has finally given accountants protection under money laundering law
, Under this change in the law, the accountant can now decide not to report anything suspicious to the National Criminal Intelligence Service if it will compromise the clients' rights to legal privilege. But the institute stresses that the privilege only applies to money laundering and not in other crime areas. It doesn't affect reporting requirements under the Terrorism Act 2000, for example."