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14th October 2019

As options narrow on Syria, Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey

President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO-ally Turkey. Using the U.S. military to stop the Turkish offensive on U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters… Read More

14th October 2019

$4m penalty for Auckland money shop under anti-money laundering laws

An Auckland-based money remitter has been penalised $4 million for failure to comply with recently introduced anti-money laundering laws. Justice Mark Woolford decided Jin Yuan Finance should pay $4 million following a lawsuit from the Department of Internal Affairs. The penalty compares with $5.29 million awarded against Ping An Finance… Read More

14th October 2019

Secret Recordings Describe Extensive Bribery at Mexico’s Pemex

In 2017, Israeli private investigation company Black Cube secretly recorded senior officials at Mexico’s Petróleos Mexicanos describing widespread bribery and corruption at the state-run oil company. The audio recordings are part of the evidence in a lawsuit filed last year against the Mexican government by a Mexican oil-field drilling company… Read More

14th October 2019

Facebook’s Libra currency abandoned by major financial companies

Facebook Inc’s ambitious efforts to establish a global digital currency called Libra suffered severe setbacks on Friday, as major payment companies including Mastercard and Visa Inc quit the group behind the project. The two companies announced they would leave the association Friday afternoon, as did EBay Inc, Stripe Inc. and… Read More

14th October 2019

Danske Bank stops hiring new staff amid higher compliance costs

Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO) has started a hiring freeze to cope with rising compliance costs and a tough business environment, the bank said on Thursday. Danske Bank has been rocked by its involvement in a major money laundering scandal. It said last year it had channeled 200 billion euros… Read More

11th October 2019

UK Free Ports Plan Risks Influx of Dirty Money, Say Experts

In his first speech as the UK’s new prime minister in July, Boris Johnson slipped in a passing reference to free ports that sent alarm bells ringing across the nation’s anti-money laundering (AML) community. Speaking outside of 10 Downing Street, Johnson had called on the country to “look not at… Read More

11th October 2019

EU weighs tighter rules against dirty money, eyes new agency

The European Union is considering tighter rules to counter the flow of dirty money into the region’s banks and other economic sectors, EU officials said on Thursday. Following a spat of money-laundering scandals at several lenders that highlighted weak oversight by national authorities, the EU is also considering setting up… Read More

11th October 2019

U.S. sanctions brothers at center of South African graft scandal

The United States on Thursday sanctioned the three Gupta brothers at the center of the South African corruption scandal that contributed to the downfall of former President Jacob Zuma, saying they had misappropriated state assets. The U.S. decision to impose financial restrictions on the brothers is a public relations victory… Read More

11th October 2019

Betfred fined £322,000 for AML failings

Betfred will face a fine of £322,000 ($395,000) after a Gambling Commission (GC) investigation found the operator failed to carry out adequate source of funds checks on a customer. Over a 12-day period in November 2017, a Betfred customer deposited £210,000 and lost a total of £140,000. The customer, who… Read More

11th October 2019

Money laundering, trafficking, ivory: crackdown on art crime intensifies

Pressure on the UK’s art trade is increasing as it faces a wave of legislative changes and increased attention from enforcement agencies. As UK courts introduced new sentencing guidelines for criminal damage to heritage assets on 1 October, the trade was counting down to the anti-money-laundering regulations that are coming… Read More

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