Ireland: Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

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The Central Bank of Ireland has released its second biannual Financial Crime Bulletin, addressing critical developments in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, financial sanctions, fraud prevention, and market abuse. This comprehensive update examines Ireland's national risk assessment findings, AMLA's evolving regulatory framework, and the escalating threat of AI-driven fraud and scams targeting consumers and financial institutions.

Preparation of this Strategy closely follows on from the recently published National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing 2026 and its associated Priority Action Implementation Plan...

The Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 (the "Bill") will, if enacted, "establish a screening mechanism for third country investment into Ireland for the first time".

On 1 March 2023, the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022Opens in new window (the "Bill") completed all stages of Dáil Éireann ("Dáil") and Seanad Éireann.

On 2 February 2023, the European Union (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Use of Financial and Other Information) Regulations 2023 (the "2023 Regulations") were signed into law.

Anti-Money Laundering legislation requires each EU Member State to establish a Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Trusts (CRBOT).

The Central Bank has provided details of the requirements for in-situ PCFs impacted by these changes which are set out below...

On 23 June 2021, the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") published revised Guidelines on Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") and Countering the Financing of Terrorism ("CFT") (the "Guidelines")...