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What 6AMLD Doesn’t Say About Legal Liabilities

With only a day to go before the deadline for EU member-states to transpose the bloc’s Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD), significant questions remain unanswered about how it will be enforced on a national-level. In an apparent response to recent banking scandals, the directive will make the “aiding and… Read More

U.K. Court Freezes Up to $5 Billion Tied to Alleged Kazakhstan Bank Theft

A U.K. civil court froze up to $5 billion in assets including stakes in luxury hotels, cash in bank accounts in half a dozen countries and a Burger King franchise, as part of an international legal saga that ensnared Kazakhstan’s richest businessmen, according to court documents. The Business and Property… Read More

EU, FATF lists causing correspondent banking problems in Bahamas

The Bahamas’ inclusion on the European Union’s (EU) black list and Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) gray list, has caused some local financial institutions to be refused service by correspondent banks, Attorney General Senator Carl Bethel said on Friday, adding that those lists have left The Bahamas at a competitive… Read More

2nd December 2020

Feds step up efforts to target Venezuelans accused of money laundering in Miami

Federal authorities are stepping up their efforts to seize millions of dollars deposited in Miami bank accounts that they say were used to pay kickbacks to Venezuelan government officials for inflated contracts with the national oil company, PDVSA. The latest target: Natalino D’Amato. The contractor is accused of selling $160… Read More

2nd December 2020

U.S. accuses China of ‘flagrant’ North Korea sanctions violations, offers $5 million reward

The United States accused China on Tuesday of “flagrant violation” of its obligation to enforce international sanctions on North Korea and offered rewards of up to $5 million for information about sanctions evasions. Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Korea Alex Wong accused China of seeking to undo a United Nations… Read More

2nd December 2020

Australia’s Westpac hit with a second bank regulator penalty

The Australian bank regulator said on Tuesday it was forcing Westpac Banking Corp to raise its cash reserves after it fell short of prudential standards, its second enforcement action in a year against the country’s No. 3 lender. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said a review of the bank’s… Read More

1st December 2020

The public knew he was crooked in 2009. Big banks helped him stash millions until 2017.

By Will Fitzgibbon, ICIJ, 30 November 2020 ICIJ — JPMorgan Chase, America’s largest bank, helped move millions of dollars for a New Jersey con man long after he was first accused of ripping off customers looking for good deals on the used cars of their dreams. Many borrowed from… Read More

1st December 2020

Outside Monitors Urge Deutsche Bank to Quit Russia

Deutsche Bank AG executives want to expand in Russia despite a legacy of missteps and massive fines. Outside monitors who watch over the bank’s money-laundering controls said it should shut the business instead, according to a person familiar with the communications. The monitors, appointed by New York state’s Department of… Read More

1st December 2020

JPMorgan to Double Singapore Private Bankers for Rich Chinese

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to double the number of private bankers serving Chinese clients from Singapore over the next two years, signaling its ambition to tap growth from Asia’s second-largest wealth market. The U.S. bank currently has more than a dozen relationship managers serving Chinese residents and those on… Read More

1st December 2020

We’ve All Been Deceived. There is No War on Drugs.

By Robert Mazur, former U.S. Federal Agent and author of “The Infiltrator” Having been one of the soldiers in the war on drugs for 27 years, I must confess that I, my brothers and sisters on the front lines, the American public and the world’s communities have been deceived. A… Read More

30th November 2020

UK Crime Agency Reveals Progress of SARs Reform Programme

The UK’s NCA (National Crime Agency) has unveiled details of a project to reform the SAR (suspicious activity report) regime, amid a large increase in the number of submissions from financial institutions and other reporting entities. The NCA received over 570,000 SARs in the year to March 2020, an increase… Read More

30th November 2020

Britain urged to probe wealth of Russian family whose son had ‘world’s most expensive wedding’

It was perhaps the world’s most expensive wedding; an extravaganza costing tens of millions of pounds with performances by Jennifer Lopez, Sting and Enrique Iglesias, a fleet of Rolls Royces to ferry the guests and a 20-year-old bride wearing a $1m dress and a $5m crown. The groom, Said Gutseriev,… Read More

30th November 2020

EU to use Magnitsky-style law to impose sanctions on human rights abusers

The EU will take on powers to freeze assets and impose travel bans on individuals involved in human rights abuses from next month, after the bloc’s member states provisionally approved a European Magnitsky Act. The restrictive measures – set to be formally signed off on Human Rights Day on 10… Read More

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