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Deutsche Bank to Pay $16.2 Million in `Princeling’ Bribery Case

Deutsche Bank AG will pay $16.2 million to settle a U.S. regulator’s allegations that it hired relatives of overseas government officials to win business, making it the latest firm ensnared in a scandal that rocked Wall Street and sparked years-long investigations. The hiring, which lasted from at least 2006… Read More

Qatar-controlled bank investigated by UK over money laundering

The UK’s finance watchdog is investigating a British Qatari- controlled bank that has been acting as a platform for extremists’ interests in Europe. The British-registered, Qatari state controlled bank Al Rayan, is being investigated over its money laundering controls. The bank told shareholders that its “anti-money laundering processes and controls… Read More

Norway watchdog finds DNB failed to comply with anti-money laundering rules

Norway’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) found significant shortcomings in DNB’s compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations during a late-2018 inspection, the bank regulator said in a report released on Wednesday. Long regarded as not a major risk issue for Nordic banks, money laundering has become a major concern in the… Read More

22nd August 2019

U.S. imposes sanctions on three Chinese accused of fentanyl trafficking

The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Chinese men accused of illegally trafficking fentanyl, acting three weeks after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of reneging on pledges to stem a flood of the highly addictive synthetic opioid into the United States. The trio included a father and son… Read More

19th August 2019

Austrac flags tough action after being ‘flooded’ with money laundering breaches

The nation’s anti-money laundering regulator warns it is likely to take more action against Australia’s top financial institutions after being “flooded” with reports of potential breaches following its landmark case against the Commonwealth Bank. Austrac chief executive Nicole Rose said the 2017 case against CBA over its mass breach of… Read More

19th August 2019

Court documents show U.S. seeks seizure of Iranian tanker violating sanctions

Newly released U.S. court documents show the United States issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian tanker that British Royal Marines had seized last month in Gibraltar, citing evidence that it was transporting oil to Syria in violation of U.S. sanctions. The oil tanker Grace 1, the more… Read More

16th August 2019

U.S. Threatens Sanctions Over Iranian Tanker After Court Release

The U.S. is gravely disappointed with the U.K. after a Gibraltar court allowed the release of an Iranian tanker suspected of hauling oil to Syria, and threatened sanctions against ports, banks and anyone else who does business with the ship or its crew, two administration officials said. The court’s decision… Read More

16th August 2019

Latvian bank that accused central bank head to be wound up: ECB

The Latvian lender which accused the country’s central bank head of corruption is failing and will be shut down, European banking authorities said on Thursday. PNB Banka, one of the smallest lenders under ECB supervision with just 550 million euros of assets, has seen “significant deterioration in its capital situation… Read More

15th August 2019

Trudeau broke rules in SNC-Lavalin affair, says ethics tsar

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau violated federal conflict of interest rules in the handling of a corruption inquiry, the federal ethics tsar has found. The ethics commissioner says Mr Trudeau improperly tried to influence a former minister in the SNC-Lavalin affair. The prime minister says he accepts the commissioner’s report but… Read More

15th August 2019

Rooting for OFAC: A Sanctions Compliance To-Don’t List

In guidance published earlier this year (“Framework document”), the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists 10 “root causes” of inadequate sanctions compliance programs (SCPs) derived from historical enforcement actions it has taken: Lack of a formal OFAC SCP Misinterpreting, or failing to understand the applicability… Read More

14th August 2019

Iran says Britain might release oil tanker soon, Gibraltar says not yet

The British territory of Gibraltar will not yet release an Iranian oil tanker seized by Royal Marines in the Mediterranean despite an Iranian report that it could do so on Tuesday, an official Gibraltar source said. The commandeering of the Grace 1 on July 4 exacerbated frictions between Tehran and… Read More

13th August 2019

Regulator deletes two Latvian e-transfer firms from register

Latvia’s financial regulator, the Financial and Capital Markets Commission (FKTK) on August 12 said it had deleted the register entries of two firms dealing with electronic money transfers. The firms, called ‘Complete Payment Systems’ and ‘Money Express’ have had their entries in the credit register of payment institutions annulled, suspending their provision of… Read More

13th August 2019

Treasury Tug-of-War on Venezuela Stirs Confusion on Wall Street

Donald Trump’s executive order last week to shield Venezuelan assets in the U.S. was supposed to be a blow to the Maduro regime. Instead, it’s left Treasury officials grumbling and investors more puzzled than ever. The source of the confusion is Houston-based refiner Citgo Holding, Venezuela’s crown jewel abroad,… Read More

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