KSA emphasises AML compliance with past Holland Casino designation

Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch gaming authority, has emphasised the importance of compliance with the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (Wwft) with the publication of a past designation for Holland Casino.

In 2019, Holland Casino was handed a designation by the KSA as an investigation discovered the operator “did not properly comply” with certain Wwft provisions. The KSA concluded that Holland Casino did not “sufficiently check the gambling behaviour of the players and the origin of the money used”.

An instruction was issued by the KSA at the time to Holland Casino demanding the firm become compliant with the Wwft, which the authority said the operator “complied with all the given guidelines within the time limits set at the time”.

The KSA noted that the publication of the designation and the decision on the objection “took into account” the decision of the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven – Administrative Court of Appeal for Trade and Industry – made..

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