Financial crime

Financial crime robs people and businesses of their hard-earned money and makes our markets less attractive. We’re working to disrupt criminals and support firms to be an effective line of defence.

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Money laundering and terrorist financing
Market abuse
Fraud
Bribery and corruption
Financial sanctions

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Financial Crime Guide Money laundering regulations Sourcebook for professional body anti‑money laundering supervisors Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls Financial Crime Thematic Reviews

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Whistleblowing Report market abuse Reporting sanctions evasions

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Protect yourself from scams

If you're a consumer, find out how to spot the warning signs of investment, pension and other financial scams.

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Our role

We know it takes significant time, money and effort for firms to invest in anti-crime systems. We want to support you to develop technology and reduce costs.

Working together against financial crime

We need a system-wide response to financial crime, Nikhil Rathi explains, at our recent conference.

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Market Abuse Surveillance TechSprint

Our 3-month TechSprint explored how AI and machine learning could help detect evolving forms of market abuse.

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Changes to AML supervision

We responded to the government’s decision on reforming anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervision.

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Enforcement

We hold firms and individuals to account when they have caused significant harm to consumers or markets.

Our powers

How we act against firms and individuals that don’t meet our standards.

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Fines

See the total amount of financial penalties we've issued in 2026.

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Notices and decisions

Understand the type of serious failings that can lead to action.

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Enforcement data

We report on enforcement action we took in 2024/25.

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Professional body supervisors

The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) oversees professional body supervisors in the legal and accountancy sectors.

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Partners against crime

We work with partners across the public and private sectors to protect people, markets and the wider financial system.

With the National Crime Agency, we've committed to 9 economic crime priorities for the UK’s regulated sector.

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