AML Policy
TD World Program
AML Policy
TD World Program does not
tolerate money laundering and
supports the fight against money
launderers. TD World Program
follows the guidelines set by
the UK’s Joint Money Laundering
Steering Group. The UK is a full
member of the Financial Action
Task Force (FATF), the
intergovernmental body whose
purpose is to combat money
laundering and terrorist
financing.
TD World Program
now has policies in place to
deter people from laundering
money. These policies include:
- ensuring clients have valid proof of identification.
- maintaining records of identification information.
- determining that clients are not known or suspected terrorists by checking their names against lists of known or suspected terrorists.
- informing clients that the information they provide may be used to verify their identity.
- closely following clients’ money transactions.
- Not accepting cash, money
orders, third party
transactions, exchange
houses transfers or Western
Union
transfers.
Money laundering occurs when funds from an illegal/criminal activity are moved through the financial system in such a way as to make it appear that the funds have come from legitimate sources.
Money Laundering usually follows three stages:
- Firstly, cash or cash equivalents are placed into the financial system.
- Secondly, money is transferred or moved to other accounts (e.g. futures accounts) through a series of financial transactions designed to obscure the origin of the money (e.g. executing trades with little or no financial risk or transferring account balances to other accounts).
- And finally, the funds are
re-introduced into the
economy so that the funds
appear to have come from
legitimate sources (e.g.
closing a futures account
and transferring the funds
to a bank account).
Trading accounts are one vehicle that can be used to launder illicit funds or to hide the true owner of the funds. A trading account can be used to execute financial transactions that help obscure the origins of the funds.
TD World Program directs funds withdrawals back to the original source of remittance, as a preventative measure.
International Anti-Money Laundering requires financial services institutions to be aware of potential money laundering abuses that could occur in a customer account and implement a compliance program to deter, detect and report potential suspicious activity.
These guidelines have been implemented to protect TD World Program and its clients.
For questions/comments regarding these guidelines,
please contact us at [email protected]