EU says it could penalize tax havens
Europe | AML
04.03.2009 |
The European Union could penalize any nation that refuses to share information on tax evasion and money laundering as part of a wider push to tighten financial supervision, the EU Commission President said Wednesday.
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Bureaucrats given handbook against financial crimes
Asia | AML
08.05.2008 |
A handbook this weekend hit desks of top bureaucrats and politicians in Islamabad, warning them against complacency or lack of expertise against organised financial crime, money-laundering for financing terror and absence of closer cooperation with international forces against terror-capital.
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UN helps Vietnam fight money laundering
Asia | AML
08.05.2008 |
A week-long training workshop for law enforcement officials on combating money laundering began in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang Monday.
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Drug cash taxi firm boss jailed over money laundering
Europe | AML
08.05.2008 |
A TAXI boss caught with nearly £400,000 in a suitcase was jailed for three years yesterday for laundering drug money.
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BIsB move to curb money laundering
Asia | AML
08.05.2008 |
MANAMA: Bahrain Islamic Bank (BIsB) conducted special sessions aimed at preventing money laundering.
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Colombian among 2 dozen in drug-money laundering ring sentenced in US court
America | AML
08.05.2008 |
A Colombian has been sentenced to almost 12 years in prison for his role in a ring that laundered large amounts of money from sales of illegal drugs sent to the United States by Colombian and Mexican traffickers.
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Gwinnett link helps feds bust money-laundering ring
America | AML
08.05.2008 |
Cash pickups of nearly $2 million from a Gwinnett County parking lot helped federal agents crack a drug money laundering ring, officials said.
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Concerns over British tax havens
Off-shore | AML
03.05.2008 |
Lax regulation in Britain's Overseas Territories risks serious damage to the UK's reputation in the global financial system, an MPs' report has warned.
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Realtors help combat organized crime and terrorism
America | CFT
15.05.2008 |
The federal government's new regulations to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act come into force on June 23 this year.
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Kuwait financing the forming of Al Qaeda branch in Macedonia
Europe | CFT
15.05.2008 |
Since yesterday, the Macedonian police is in action at various locations in Skopje, due to the tip it received for suspicious money transfer.
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System transfers funds to radicals
Australia | CFT
12.05.2008 |
An "underground" banking system - investigated by the US for allegedly transmitting funds for terrorist operations - is suspected of being used in Australia to channel money to extremists in Africa.
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US hails Bahrain's anti-terror battle
Off-shore | CFT
08.05.2008 |
BAHRAIN is actively monitoring terrorist suspects, but its ability to detain and prosecute them is sometimes hampered by the country's legal constraints, according to a US Department of State report.
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South Africa seeks new laws to fight terror financing
Africa | CFT
08.05.2008 |
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's fight against money laundering and terrorism financing needs tough new laws to close regulatory loopholes and give authorities more power to crack down on crime, a top financial official said on Tuesday.
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US Identifies 42 Foreign Terrorist Organizations
America | CFT
04.05.2008 |
Washington -- The U.S. State Department identifies 42 Foreign Terrorist Organizations in its 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism, released April 30.
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U.S. retains N.K. on terrorism list but reaffirms possible removal
Asia | CFT
03.05.2008 |
The United States on Wednesday retained North Korea on its list of terrorism-sponsoring states, but reaffirmed in stronger language its commitment to remove the communist regime once Pyongyang fulfills its denuclearization obligations.
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US State Department: Azerbaijan has done significant work toward combating terrorism
Asia | CFT
03.05.2008 |
It has closed organizations that were suspected of supporting terrorist groups and arrested at least 39 persons from three separate terrorist-associated groups, on terrorism-related charges”, reads in the annual report of US State Department on the anti-terrorism activities in the world countries in 2007.
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