In the third edition of the Hong Kong chapter under Lexology In-Depth: Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice partners Sara Or, Vincent Law and Raymond Chan outline the 2025 amendments and developments regarding the anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) legal and regulatory framework in Hong Kong.
The chapter offers an overview of the key AML legal framework and associated offences in Hong Kong. It also discusses the operation, requirements and enforcement of Hong Kong’s AML regulations while examining their alignment with international standards.
Concluding the chapter, our authors share valuable insights into the outlook and enforcement landscape of AML/CTF regulations in Hong Kong.
This report was originally published in Lexology’s In-Depth Anti-Money Laundering: Hong Kong and is reproduced with permission.




