Policy background Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) Money laundering: offences of failing to disclose
It is an offence under sections 330 and 331 of POCA for persons in the regulated sector to fail to report suspicions or grounds for suspicion of money laundering.
	Section 184 creates a defence against the offence of failure to report where the information only came to them as a result of a "status check" or "immigration check" carried out in compliance with the Immigration Act 2014.