Because of the disruption caused by the Coronavirus, the Swedish regulator Finansinspektionen has postponed the deadline for annual reports about money laundering and terrorist finance. The deadline is now 30 April.

Finansinspektionen made this decision in accordance with the following statement from the European Banking Authority.

"As most economies are facing a downturn, financial flows are likely to diminish. However, experience from past crises suggests that in  many cases, illicit finance will continue to flow. For example, there is already some evidence of increased levels of cyber-crime, COVID-19-related frauds and scams targeting vulnerable people and companies, of fake fundraising campaigns and of criminal networks selling rationed goods at a higher price. Furthermore, as criminals are highly adaptive, new techniques and channels of laundering money are likely to emerge."