Italy's UIF Notebook 36 urges higher-quality AML reporting from gambling operators under EU AML package
By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Summary
Italy's financial intelligence unit, the UIF, has published Anti-Money Laundering Notebook no. 36, collecting papers from a July 2026 seminar on active cooperation by gambling service providers. It reports that suspicious transaction reports fell from 12,000 in 2023 to 9,547 in 2024 while total values rose, and that about 6,400 were filed in the first half of 2025, up 37%. The authorities identify remote gambling as the highest-risk channel, note that the Ministry of Economy and Finance becomes non-financial supervisor under the new EU AML package, and call for fewer defensive reports and better-quality ones.
Why it matters
Authorities identify remote gambling as the highest-risk channel and call for fewer defensive reports with better-quality information.