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Turkey jails pilots, airline official for their roles in the escape of ex-Nissan CEO Ghosn
A Turkish court convicted an official from a private airline and two pilots Wednesday for involvement in former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn’s...
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Austrian finance minister’s home raided amid bribery scandal
Austrian prosecutors on Thursday searched the home of Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel, a close ally of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, on suspicion of bribery involving...
Archbishop Ettore Balestrero to enter plea bargain in money laundering case
Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the apostolic nuncio to the Democratic Republic of Congo, announced last week that he will enter a plea bargain with an...
Nigerian footballer Sunday Eboh arrested in Malta for role in romance fraud case
One of Malta’s most prolific Nigerian footballing imports, Sunday Eboh, has been charged with four others in a romance fraud case.
Eboh, Maltese national Alexandra...
Luxembourg rejects tax haven label
Luxembourg on Monday denied claims made in international media publications that the nation is a massive tax haven for the world’s rich and famous...
Goldman Sachs European unit ordered to comply with money laundering rules
Germany’s financial watchdog has ordered Goldman Sachs’ European arm to comply with rules to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, it said on Thursday.
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Head of German regulator BaFin dismissed over the handling of Wirecard accounting fraud
The German government on Friday dismissed the head of the country’s markets regulator after months of intensifying criticism over the agency’s handling of the...
UK gambling regulator fines White Hat Gaming over anti-money laundering failings
UK gambling regulators have reached a £1.3m settlement with licensee White Hat Gaming after the company’s approach to social responsibility (SR) and anti-money laundering (AML) was...
UK court orders extradition of Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi to US to face fraud, racketeering charges
Abraaj Group’s Arif Naqvi lost a bid to fight his extradition to the U.S., another blow to the founder of what was once the...
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Danske Bank CEO quits in US$234b money laundering scandal
Danske Bank's chief executive Thomas Borgen quit on Wednesday in a money laundering scandal which involved €200 billion (US$234 billion) flowing through its Estonian...
Inspector of Police, Police Constable sentenced to 28 years for bribery
An Inspector of Police (IP) and Police Constable who were found guilty for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 were yesterday sentenced to 28...
Guatemalan Casinos used to launder U.S drug cash
Chinese coke traffickers. Latin American cartels. Millions in American cash laundered through a Guatemalan casino.
According to a wild federal criminal complaint unsealed in Virginia...
Dutch banks used to launder drug money for Dutch-Bosnian cartel
The police suspect a Dutch-Bosnian drug cartel of large-scale money laundering, part of which happened through ING and ABN Amro bank accounts, newspaper AD...