{"id":3767,"date":"2023-11-21T10:13:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2023-11-21T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:13:47","slug":"swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Spelinspektionen<\/strong> has welcomed new changes to Sweden\u2019s <strong>Money Laundering Act<\/strong> that will allow the gambling inspectorate to increase financial penalties on gambling-related fines\/infringements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was approved by <strong>Finansdepartementet<\/strong>, Sweden\u2019s Ministry of Finance, which will allow the inspectorate to increase penalty fees for gambling operators violating AML rules from 1 April 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspectorate had previously submitted its proposals to the legislative council of Finansdepartementet to amend the laws of&nbsp; Money Laundering Act, to \u201cimprove consumer protections and tackle crime within the gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2024, the inspectorate will be able to impose the same penalty fees for AML infringements as those under the Gambling Act of 2018, with a specified maximum amount for individual violations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcoming the decision, Director General <strong>Camilla Rosenberg<\/strong> stated: \u201cWe welcome the proposals in the referral that enable further measures to strengthen the regulation of the gaming market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is also gratifying that the government has now heeded the Gambling Authority\u2019s proposal to raise the sanction ceiling for violations of the Money Laundering Act.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Inspectorate had previously argued that its enforcement capabilities on AML infringements were limited as abiding to existing rules it could only apply \u2018modified penalties\u2019 on offenders \u2013 deemed as insufficient to cover serious types of financial violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulatory disputes on AML matters had forced Finansdepartementet to intervene on AML penalty fee disputes, due to Regional High Court challenges, by licensed operators on the amounts summoned by the Inspectorate, which were deemed as \u2018unfair calculations\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finansdepartementet had recommended the inspectorate to design a new framework on AML penalties related to gambling, with the oversight of <strong>Konsumentverket<\/strong>, Sweden\u2019s Consumer Agency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BHW1zr\">Telegram channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spelinspektionen has welcomed new changes to Sweden\u2019s Money Laundering Act that will allow the gambling inspectorate to increase financial penalties on gambling-related fines\/infringements. The decision was approved by Finansdepartementet, Sweden\u2019s Ministry of Finance, which will allow the inspectorate to increase penalty fees for gambling operators violating AML rules from 1 April 2024. The inspectorate had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5,1,24],"tags":[1356,1230,5853,5858,2939,3477,5857,5854,5856,5855,201],"class_list":["post-3767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-gambling","category-news","category-regulations","tag-aml","tag-consumer-protection","tag-crime-prevention","tag-director-general-camilla-rosenberg","tag-finansdepartementet","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-gaming-laws","tag-money-laundering-act","tag-regulatory-changes","tag-skolinspektionen","tag-sweden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations - SBC EURASIA EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations - SBC EURASIA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spelinspektionen has welcomed new changes to Sweden\u2019s Money Laundering Act that will allow the gambling inspectorate to increase financial penalties on gambling-related fines\/infringements. The decision was approved by Finansdepartementet, Sweden\u2019s Ministry of Finance, which will allow the inspectorate to increase penalty fees for gambling operators violating AML rules from 1 April 2024. The inspectorate had [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SBC EURASIA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-21T10:13:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-21T10:13:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"976\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ana Kobakhidze\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ana Kobakhidze\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ana Kobakhidze\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7\"},\"headline\":\"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-21T10:13:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-21T10:13:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png\",\"keywords\":[\"AML\",\"consumer protection\",\"Crime Prevention\",\"Director General Camilla Rosenberg\",\"Finansdepartementet\",\"Gambling Regulation\",\"Gaming Laws\",\"Money Laundering Act\",\"Regulatory Changes\",\"Skolinspektionen\",\"Sweden\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Features\",\"Gambling\",\"News\",\"Regulations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\",\"name\":\"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations - SBC EURASIA EN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-21T10:13:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-21T10:13:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png\",\"width\":976,\"height\":562},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"SBC EURASIA EN\",\"description\":\"SBC EURASIA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7\",\"name\":\"Ana Kobakhidze\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ana Kobakhidze\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/author\/ana\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations - SBC EURASIA EN","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations - SBC EURASIA EN","og_description":"Spelinspektionen has welcomed new changes to Sweden\u2019s Money Laundering Act that will allow the gambling inspectorate to increase financial penalties on gambling-related fines\/infringements. The decision was approved by Finansdepartementet, Sweden\u2019s Ministry of Finance, which will allow the inspectorate to increase penalty fees for gambling operators violating AML rules from 1 April 2024. The inspectorate had [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/","og_site_name":"SBC EURASIA EN","article_published_time":"2023-11-21T10:13:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-21T10:13:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":976,"height":562,"url":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ana Kobakhidze","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ana Kobakhidze","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/"},"author":{"name":"Ana Kobakhidze","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7"},"headline":"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations","datePublished":"2023-11-21T10:13:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-21T10:13:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/"},"wordCount":292,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png","keywords":["AML","consumer protection","Crime Prevention","Director General Camilla Rosenberg","Finansdepartementet","Gambling Regulation","Gaming Laws","Money Laundering Act","Regulatory Changes","Skolinspektionen","Sweden"],"articleSection":["Features","Gambling","News","Regulations"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/","url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/","name":"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations - SBC EURASIA EN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png","datePublished":"2023-11-21T10:13:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-21T10:13:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-113221.png","width":976,"height":562},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2023\/11\/21\/swedish-spelinspektionen-gains-approval-to-increase-fines-for-aml-violations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Swedish Spelinspektionen Gains Approval to Increase Fines For AML Violations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/","name":"SBC EURASIA EN","description":"SBC EURASIA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7","name":"Ana Kobakhidze","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ana Kobakhidze"},"url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/author\/ana\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3769,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions\/3769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}