News and Blogs

Malta: Enhanced due diligence carried out on chairman and owner of the now defunct Pilatus Bank

Read here: https://newsbook.com.mt/en/enhanced-due-diligence-carried-out-on-ali-sadr-hasheminejad/

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US allows aid for Afghanistan despite sanctions against Taliban

Read here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/24/us-allows-aid-for-afghanistan-despite-sanctions-against-taliban

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Yemen national uses crypto donations to fight starvation amid civil war

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/yemen-national-uses-crypto-donations-to-fight-starvation-amid-civil-war

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Japan regulator steps in to fix Mizuho’s computer flaws – Despite billions already spent on upgrades at the bank

Read here: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/japan-regulator-steps-in-to-fix-mizuhos-computer-flaws-570178

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Nigeria: BP Oil Merchant Says He Was Fired Over Nigeria Bribe Concerns

Read here: https://allafrica.com/stories/202109210499.html

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SNC-Lavalin hit with fresh charges related to Montreal bridge contract

Read here: https://www.coastreporter.net/national-news/snc-lavalin-hit-with-fresh-charges-related-to-montreal-bridge-contract-4450471

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EU Aims to Deny Tax Breaks to Multinationals With Shell Entities

Read here: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/news/speech-taxud-director-general-gerassimos-thomas-annual-tax-conference-finland-chamber-commerce_en

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SushiSwap denies reports of billion-dollar bug

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sushiswap-denies-reports-of-billion-dollar-bug

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Operation Trojan Shield: Fresh drug, money laundering charges laid against alleged organised crime criminals

Read here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/operation-trojan-shield-fresh-drug-money-laundering-charges-laid-against-alleged-organised-crime-criminals/NPL7ZRYGEASC4473IDCX6TG57I/

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Britain must repay £400m debt and lift sanctions, Tehran tells Liz Truss

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/23/britain-must-repay-400m-debt-and-lift-sanctions-iran-tells-liz-truss

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Preparing for the SRA’s money laundering clampdown

Read here: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/preparing-for-the-sras-money-laundering-clampdown

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Robinhood to launch cryptocurrency wallets as bitcoin becomes a bigger part of business

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/22/robinhood-to-launch-cryptocurrency-wallets-as-bitcoin-becomes-bigger-part-of-business.html

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Senior Manager with Compliance and MLRO responsibilities banned for deliberately understating personal income on tax returns

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/anthony-george-2021.pdf

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Taxi drivers suspected of links to Vietnamese people smuggling crime group arrested

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/taxi-drivers-suspected-of-links-to-vietnamese-people-smuggling-crime-group-arrested

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Ex-head of Chinese liquor giant Moutai jailed for life for bribery

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/24/former-kweichow-moutai-chair-sentenced-for-life-xinhua-reports.html

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UK’s ongoing weak link in the fight against dirty money – the supervision of lawyers and accountants

Read here: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/uks-ongoing-weak-link-in-the-fight-against-dirty-money-the-supervision-of-lawyers-and-accountants/

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SARs Reform Programme – Reporter Engagement Survey for Regulated Sectors

Read here: https://www.homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/UKFIU_Reporter_Engagement_Survey/

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Seizing opportunity – challenges and priorities for the FCA

Read here: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/seizing-opportunity-challenges-priorities-fca

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Bitcoin trader takes banks to court over cryptocurrency ‘discrimination’

Read here: https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/bitcoin-trader-takes-banks-to-court-over-cryptocurrency-discrimination-20210923-p58u38.html

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World Bank inquiry finds IMF chief pushed staff to boost China rankings

Read here: https://www.ft.com/content/029b75dc-86a0-4ebb-956b-a3135b6c510d

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He Escaped the Dark Web’s Biggest Bust. Now He’s Back

Read here: https://www.wired.com/story/alphabay-desnake-dark-web-interview/

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Treasury Department sanctions 8 members of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, which was once run by ‘El Chapo’

Read here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/22/us-sanctions-sinaloa-drug-cartel-once-run-by-el-chapo.html OFAC press release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0367

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JPMorgan faces oil bribery probe in Brazil

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-jpmorgan-faces-oil-bribery-111408018.html

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Indictment, Lawsuits Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story

Read here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/lawsuits-indictments-revive-trump-alfa-bank-story/

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How a drug-trafficking mayor in Honduras fueled the U.S. migration crisis

Read here: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/honduras-crime-migration/

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SARs IN ACTION: September 2021

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/569-sars-in-action-september-2021/file

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UK: National risk assessment of proliferation financing

Read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1020000/National_risk_assessment_of_proliferation_financing.pdf

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Bitcoin[dot]org Compromised, Fraudulent Crypto Giveaway Advertised

Read here: https://decrypt.co/81612/bitcoin-org-compromised-fraudulent-crypto-giveaway-advertised

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Cocaine NFTs? Artist sells a thousand packages of the drug in digital format on the OpenSea platform [in Portuguese]

Read here: https://cointelegraph.com.br/news/cocaine-nfts-artist-sells-1-000-drug-packages-in-digital-format-on-opensea-platform

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Kim Kardashian, Cryptocurrency and Celebrity Clout – Examining the impact of celebrities on crypto investor decisions

Read here: https://morningconsult.com/2021/09/21/kim-kardashian-crypto-celebrity/

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FinCEN Launches Regulatory Process For New Antiquities Regulations

Read here: https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-launches-regulatory-process-new-antiquities-regulations

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Florida Businessman and CFO of Russian Natural Gas Company Arrested on Tax Charges Related to $93 Million Hidden in Offshore Accounts

Read here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-businessman-and-cfo-russian-natural-gas-company-arrested-tax-charges-related-93

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UK: West Midlands van driver charged over £7 million cocaine and heroin haul in Dover

Read here: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/west-midlands-van-driver-charged-over-7-million-cocaine-and-heroin-haul-in-dover

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Albania’s former top prosecutor jailed on corruption charges

Read here: https://www.euronews.com/amp/2021/09/22/albania-s-former-top-prosecutor-jailed-on-corruption-charges

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$5.9M ransomware attack on major agriculture group poses risk to US grain, pork, chicken supply

Read here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-9m-ransomware-attack-major-182623855.html

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This Crowdsourced Project Attempts to Reveal American Politicians That Own Bitcoin

Read here: https://news.bitcoin.com/this-crowdsourced-project-attempts-to-reveal-american-politicians-that-own-bitcoin/

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U.S. Lifts Sanctions On Mexican Soccer Star Rafa Marquez

Read here: https://brief.kharon.com/updates/us-lifts-sanctions-on-mexican-soccer-star-rafa-marquez/

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Investigating Antiquities Trafficking

Read here: https://gijn.org/2021/09/20/investigating-antiquities-trafficking/

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India seizes $2.7bn of heroin from Afghanistan at port

Read here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/india-seizes-27bn-of-heroin-from-afghanistan-at-port

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Aircraft Theft Across Latin America Continues to Fuel Drug Trade

Read here: https://insightcrime.org/news/aircraft-theft-across-latin-america-continues-to-fuel-drug-trade/

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