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28th March 2016

Colorado bankers spared state paperwork in suspicious-activity cases

Colorado banks will no longer have to file hard copies of Suspicious Activity Reports with the state when they suspect money laundering or criminal violations, according to a change in the state’s banking rules. Read More

28th March 2016

The Mystery of Bangladesh’s Missing Millions

Hackers tried to steal $1 billion last month from the country’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Now, officials are trying to trace $81 million. Read More

28th March 2016

Senior NCP MP says Finland falling behind in anti-terrorism funding

Senior National Coalition Party MP Ilkka Kanerva has called on the government to develop legislation and to step up intelligence cooperation to combat the threat of terrorism. Kanerva told Yle that Finland lags behind its Nordic peers in funding for anti-terrorism programmes. Read More

26th March 2016

Terror funding and money laundering targeted as China takes tough approach to internet finance

Chinese authorities plan to set up a technical support system to tackle money laundering and financing for terrorism amid the rise of internet finance, a top central bank official said yesterday, emphasising that both conventional and online financial activities should be subjected to the same regulatory standard. Read More

26th March 2016

Pakistan: FBR empowers IR to check suspected bank accounts

KARACHI: The Inland Revenue department has been empowered to probe into the suspected bank accounts and sources of terror financing, a notification said on Friday. Read More

25th March 2016

Switzerland to hand Venezuela oil firm bank records to US

In a widening corruption probe into Venezuela’s state oil company by US authorities, Swiss regulators have agreed to provide US prosecutors with records from at least 18 banks relating to the oil firm. Read More

25th March 2016

U.S. charges consultant to Iran’s U.N. mission

New York - A consultant to Iran's mission to the United Nations has been criminally charged with violating a U.S. law against dealing with that country, according to an indictment made public on Wednesday. Read More

25th March 2016

Romania: court sentences ex-minister, ex-mayor for bribes

Bucharest — A Romanian court has sentenced a former minister and a former mayor to prison for money-laundering, influence-peddling and taking bribes. Read More

25th March 2016

Blackwater’s Founder Under Investigation for Money Laundering, Ties to Chinese Intel, and Brokering Mercenary Services

Erik Prince, founder of the now-defunct mercenary firm Blackwater and current chairman of Frontier Services Group, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies for attempting to broker military services to foreign governments and possible money laundering. Read More

24th March 2016

Czech Republic: Lawmakers for tax evasion plan to become crime again

Prague - The preparation for tax evasion should become a crime in the Czech Republic again after seven years, according to a draft amendment to the Penal Code which the Czech Chamber of Deputies approved on Wednesday. Read More

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