Historically, which vehicle is most often used to hide beneficial ownership?

When should new business products to evaluate for AML concerns?

What kind of person should perform the independent testing of an institution's anti-money laundering program?

According to the Financial Action Task Force 40 Recommendations, simplified customer due diligence or reduced measures could be acceptable for which of the following types of products or transactions?
1. Life insurance policies where the annual premium is no more than USD/EUR 1,000 or a single premium of no more than USD/EUR 2,500.
2. Insurance policies for pension schemes if there is no surrender clause and the policy cannot be used as collateral.
3. A pension that provides retirement benefits to employees.
4. Trusts where the settlor, trustee and beneficiaries are identified and the shares are in bearer form.

A banker in the credit department wants to assess the risk of all customers, and contacts the compliance officer to request a list of customers with suspicious transaction report filings.
What should be done to protect suspicious transaction report information?