The Office for Professional Body Anti Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) commenced operations in the United Kingdom in January 2018.

OPBAS will directly oversee the accounting and legal associations AML supervisors in the UK.

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 detail the standards which the associations are required to comply with and place a heavy onus upon them to ensure that their members are compliant with issues including risk assessment and controls, customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence and beneficial ownership enquiries.

Polemic Forensic provide AML risk assessment services to the financial and gambling industries.