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Italy’s UIF issues updated suspicious-transaction reporting instructions for gambling providers

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Italy’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) issued updated instructions for detecting and reporting suspicious transactions, effective from 1 July 2026, replacing guidance from 2011. The UIF explicitly includes gambling service providers among the entities covered and says reports should be relevant, complete, clear, timely and reliable.

Gambling service providers must follow the UIF’s updated standards for clear, timely and reliable suspicious-transaction reports.

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Italy's UIF reports gaming accounted for 1.2% of cash-operation disclosures

Italy's Financial Intelligence Unit reported that betting, lotteries and other gambling activities accounted for 1.2% of objective disclosures concerning cash transactions in the first half of 2026. The UIF said there were no inspections or documentary checks of gaming service providers during the period.

Gambling activities accounted for 1.2% of objective disclosures concerning cash transactions in Italy in the first half of 2026, according to a report by the UIF, the country's financial intelligence unit. The UIF said there were no inspections or documentary checks of gaming service providers during the period.

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