Bank rule changes after Nigel Farage furore could tip off criminals, say experts

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“Banks will need to carefully consider how to meet these requirements in order to avoid cutting across their anti-money laundering obligations and undermining the effectiveness of those measures,” said David Lewis, a senior fellow at defence and security thinktank RUSI and an anti-money laundering expert who worked at the NCA’s predecessor the Serious Organised Crime Agency.