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Italy’s UIF reports 10,817 gambling-sector suspicious activity reports in 2025

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Italy’s Financial Intelligence Unit, UIF, said gambling-service providers filed 10,817 suspicious activity reports in 2025, up 13.3% from 9,547 in 2024. The UIF’s annual report also identified weaknesses in customer checks, transaction monitoring and the involvement of retail sales networks in reporting suspicious activity.

Reported weaknesses in customer checks, transaction monitoring and retail reporting highlight AML controls operators may need to strengthen.

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UIF reports gaming accounts for 1.2% of cash-notice entities in H1 2026

Italy’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) reported that betting, lotteries and other gambling represented 1.2% of entities classified by economic activity in objective cash-operation notices during the first half of 2026. UIF recorded 12 inspections overall and none of gaming service providers; the report says the figure covers UIF checks and may not include inspections by other authorities.

Betting, lotteries and other gambling activities accounted for 1.2% of entities classified by economic activity in objective cash-operation notices in the first half of 2026, according to the anti-money laundering report of Italy's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF). The share covers legal persons and sole traders for whom an Ateco code is available, as considered in the distribution of entities involved in the notices.

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