AMLS Introduction to Money Laundering and how Solicitors are targeted

TRANCHE 2 PREPARATION

With the implementation of the new Anti Money Laundering reforms on 1 July 2026, AML Sorted brings you a free six session AML basics course. The hour long webinars are hosted live by founder Amy Bell, a Solicitor with over 20 years experience in working in AML in law firms.

We kindly request that registrations be made using a work email address. This helps us to ensure the content and discussions are directly relevant to our intended audience and maintains the integrity of the event for genuine delegates.

In this first session, Amy will look at how money launderers and financial criminals operate and how they target law firms to get them to help them.

We will look at the

• Traditional 3 stage definition of money laundering
• Evolving definitions of money laundering
• Connection between real estate and money laundering
• Whether any area of law is safe from the crooks.

ARE YOU AFFECTED?

From 1 July 2026, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) obligations will apply to certain services typically provided by the following professions and businesses, known as Tranche 2 entities:

• lawyers
• conveyancers
• accountants
• trust and company service providers.
• real estate professionals – such as real estate agents, buyers’ agents and property developers
• dealers in precious stones, metals and products

Additional virtual asset-related services will also come under AML/CTF regulation from 31 March 2026.

ABOUT AMY BELL

Amy Bell is a Solicitor in the UK, and has been a specialist in AML since 2005. She is a volunteer at the England and Wales Law Society where she chairs the Economic Crime Task Force. She is also an author, and is currently writing the 5th edition of Solicitors and Money Laundering.