suspicious transaction

collocation in English

meaningsofsuspiciousandtransaction

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suspicious
adjective
uk
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/
us
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/
making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something ...
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transaction
noun[C or U]
uk
/trænˈzæk.ʃən/
us
/trænˈzæk.ʃən/
an occasion when someone buys or sells something, or when money is exchanged or the activity of buying or ...
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(Definition ofsuspiciousandtransactionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For instance, how do they accurately identify suspicious transactions?
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My noble friend also asked whether the reporting of suspicious transactions had to be mandatory.
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The directive would require lawyers, accountants and other financial practitioners to report suspicious transactions.
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What monitoring role she performs regarding decisions whether to prosecute in connection with suspicious transactions reported to the authorities by financial institutions.
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Such reports of suspicious transactions are received for the purposes of criminal intelligence and for the possible investigation of suspected criminal behaviour, and for operational reasons cannot be commented upon.
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At the moment in many countries only suspicious transactions have to be reported, and it may be sensible to harmonise this procedure and make it tougher.
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Commercial operators must be more vigilant and legally have a duty to alert competent authorities about any suspicious transactions.
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Much more sinister, in my opinion, is the obligation on professional advisers not to inform their clients when they report suspicious transactions to the authorities.
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There is nothing in the amendment which is proposed which would in any way stop or discourage suspicious transactions being reported.
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There is a lack of general awareness among the community at large of the importance of whistleblowing and suspicious transactions.
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For obvious reasons, many merchants take steps to avoid chargebackssuch as not accepting suspicious transactions.
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Operational databases can be used to manage mission-critical business data, to monitor activities, to audit suspicious transactions, or to review the history of dealings with a particular customer.
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Databases with transactions are searched with algorithms to find behaviours that deviate from the standard, indicating potentially suspicious transactions.
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