For Sovereign Individuals and Their Advisors
Stateless applicants put CIPs in the unique position of assessing whether these individuals should be issued the first passports they have ever held, writes Fabienne de Blois.
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Thomas Anthony, former head of several Caribbean CIUs, outlines the delicate and crucial role the region’s banks play in CBI due diligence.
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Nuri Katz calls CBI vetting “the best due diligence known to man.” He also takes part of the blame for the industry’s failure to effectively lobby Brussels.
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European regulators have made it clear that tighter AML/KYC is in the cards for RCBI. Sylwia Wolos explains how early movers can benefit.
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Eligibility standards for Malta’s new investor naturalization policy are among the most stringent in the market. Kenneth Camilleri explains.
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Malta’s new citizenship by investment policy comes with a new set of vetting procedures (that will continue for years after approval).
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Martin Dubbey, a globally recognized due diligence provider to RCBI programs, shares four strategies to help RCBI agents with vetting.
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The ambassador praised Grenada’s use of the JRCC’s facilities and conceded that “some countries use it more than others”.
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Roderick Cutajar asks: International banks are used for money laundering. Will the European Commission demand a “phase-out” of banking?
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Exiger’s James Swenson, one of the world’s leading experts on RCBI due diligence, identifies six red flags of sub-par vetting standards.
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“Without transparency […], external observers will continue to assume no serious due diligence is undertaken,” writes James Swenson.
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Thomas Anthony: Time has come for programs to collaborate with due diligence providers in redesigning their due diligence methodology from the ground up.
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Irani, Sudanese, and North Korean nationals who haven’t spent the last ten years outside their home countries are now ineligible to apply for Dominica’s CIP.
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Cyprus intends to revoke at least 26 citizenships granted under the country’s CIP. That effort, however, has so far been stymied by Cyprus’ citizenship law.
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Service providers must provide papers proving all their clients going back to 2013 kept their investments according to the requirements by February 15th.
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Cyprus will conduct due diligence on past applicants, audits on all investors at regular intervals in the future, and revoke citizenships if necessary.
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Measuring CIP due diligence on 38 criteria divided into five pillars, the authors hope the framework will become a standard for the industry.
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“Something as important as due diligence within our industry, should not be kept under wraps,” Agius tells IMI.
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After rejecting all 13 companies that applied to become the Montenegro CIP’s official provider of due diligence services in March
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