Jan 12, 2023 | Knowledge Base, News, UK
A new financial reality for some Art Market Participant (“AMP”) businesses in the UK is paying a penalty for late AMP registration with HMRC, the regulator. While unregistered businesses might want to avoid such a fine, the reality is that it is illegal to...
Oct 25, 2022 | Guidance, Knowledge Base, News
In April 2022, ArtAML was made aware that a gallery was receiving a penalty for late registration as an Art Market Participant (“AMP”). The gallery had only learned of anti-money laundering for the art market in early 2022 and promptly registered. Since...
Oct 9, 2022 | News, Opinion, Our solution, UK, USA
ArtAML CEO Susan J Mumford participated in this panel discussion about the current state of fraud and financial crime in the art market. A particular highlight of interest to art businesses is the Luxury Goods Ban, for which Susan addresses the situation in the UK,...
Sep 14, 2022 | Knowledge Base, News, UK, USA
Luxury Goods Bans were introduced by multiple jurisdictions in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Major art markets impacted include the US, UK, EU and Switzerland, all of which are covered in this overview. Important note on the destination of luxury goods:...
Apr 1, 2022 | News, Opinion, Our solution, UK, USA
ArtAML Co-Founders Susan J Mumford and Dr Chris E King returned to the Art Law Podcast to discuss the surprise decision of FinCEN to not regulate AML in the art market (yet), and the immediate impact of Russian sanctions for the U.S. art market. Listen to the...
Feb 6, 2022 | Guidance, Industry consultations, News, Opinion, Policy + Consultations, USA
At last, the findings from the 2021 U.S. study on the potential application of anti-money laundering in the art sector have been published. This article accordingly highlights top-level insights from the U.S. Treasury’s 40-page ‘Study of the Facilitation of Money...
