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  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong plans stricter money laundering checks on Chinese officials

    Territory’s banks will have to monitor transactions by politically connected mainlanders

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Abraaj Capital Ltd
    UK court rules Abraaj founder can be extradited to US

    Judge decides that Arif Naqvi can be extradited to face fraud charges in the US

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Wirecard AG
    Commerzbank warned BaFin about Wirecard in early 2020

    German lender severed some ties with the payments group after internal review

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Money transfer company hit with £24m money laundering fine by HMRC

    MT Global’s ‘significant breaches’ of regulations include failures to conduct risk assessments

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    Financial services
    EU urged to push UK harder on tackling tax avoidance and money laundering

    MEPs warn of weaknesses in Brexit deal over financial transparency provisions

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Why business is worried about trade-based money laundering

    Financial crime watchdog sees cases involving everything from soft fruit to luxury cars

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    European banks
    Switzerland charges Credit Suisse in money laundering case

    Bank responds with ‘astonishment’ and pledges to ‘defend itself vigorously’

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    US banks
    US to shift burden from banks in overhaul of money laundering laws

    Companies will have to register their beneficial owners directly with US Treasury

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Could your child be recruited as a money mule?

    Huge rise in online fraud sees criminals target students to spirit away the proceeds

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    UK crime agency urges deeper reform of illicit funds tracking system

    Poor quality or unnecessary reports affecting ability to investigate criminal money flows, NCA says

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Kleptopia — dirty money’s tangled web of deceit

    Tom Burgis’ probe shines a light on the legalised secrecy within the financial system

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    Greece
    Greece passes bill critics warn is amnesty for tax offenders

    Opponents say law will freeze criminal probes and court hearings of more than 5,000 alleged tax evaders

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    Special ReportRisk Management: Property
    Property offers ready shelter for criminal wealth

    Some argue that a cultural shift needs to take place in the property industry, akin to that which has been occurring at financial institutions

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Goldman Sachs Group
    Goldman subsidiary pleads guilty in 1MDB scandal

    Malaysia unit admits violating anti-bribery provisions as part of bank’s $2.9bn global settlement

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Deutsche Bank AG
    Deutsche Bank fined €13.5m for flagging suspicious transactions too late

    Frankfurt prosecutors clear German lender of Danske Bank-related money laundering allegations

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    Martin Sandbu
    Populists and kleptocrats are a perfect match

    Liberal democrats in Europe and the US are not doing enough to curb money laundering

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Josh Rudolph
    The rise of the foreign funds that distort western politics

    Covert Russian and Chinese money is playing an ever increasing role

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Leak of bank reports lays bare extent of suspicious money flows

    Majority of leaked SARs relate to previously reported scandals and regulatory issues

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC shares hit 25-year low on reports of alleged suspicious transfers

    StanChart also falls in Hong Kong after disclosures by ICIJ based on leaked documents

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    Money-launderers use Chinese online shopping sites to funnel cash offshore

    Police busts show people topping up offshore gambling accounts using fake transactions on popular platforms

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    Financial & markets regulation
    FCA scraps half its criminal probes into money-laundering breaches

    Despite having the power to bring criminal proceedings, the watchdog has only ever imposed fines

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    Fines for anti-money laundering failures rise as companies repeat mistakes

    Review shows penalties were imposed for the same shortcomings regulators have been highlighting since 2015

  • Monday, 3 August, 2020
    FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
    Wirecard processed payments for mafia-linked casino

    Malta-based gaming company CenturionBet was used by the ’Ndrangheta crime organisation to launder money

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Ex-Coutts banker found guilty over funds from Jho Low

    Swiss judges find that former compliance officer breached anti-money laundering rules over $700m transfer

  • Wednesday, 15 July, 2020
    Portugal
    Prosecutors accuse ex-chief over collapse of Banco Espírito Santo

    Ricardo Espírito Santo Salgado faces allegations of fraud and money laundering

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