Investigative journalists and civil society groups are encouraged by the news that the government of the British Virgin Islands, BVI, – one of the world’s most notorious financial secrecy jurisdictions – plans to make company ownership publicly accessible information.
Nearly a year after the Vatican appointed one of Italy’s top anti-mafia prosecutors to tackle alleged financial wrongdoing in the Holy See, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body, Moneyval, arrived in the Vatican to make its own assessment.
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A U.S. visa program that provides residency to wealthy investors from abroad “faces serious corruption and money laundering risks,” according to a recent report published by Transparency International Russia.
New York-based global banking and financial services firm JPMorgan Chase & Co. admitted it had been manipulating the precious metals and U.S. Treasury securities market and agreed to pay more than US$920 million to settle wire fraud charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
A U.S. court found a Bulgarian national and owner of a Bitcoin exchange guilty for his role in an international fraud scheme that lured at least 900 Americans into purchasing online items that didn’t exist, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
More than 8,800 law enforcement officers across Europe arrested 166 people in a joint operation against organized and serious international crime originating from South-East Europe (SEE), Europol said in a statement on Wednesday.
The president of Mexico’s tempestuous relationship with the country’s press is putting journalists at risk of serious harm, with death threats being made against individual reporters and publications alike, according to an international press-freedom advocacy group.
Pakistani authorities on Monday arrested the leader of the country’s opposition on charges of corruption, prompting hundreds of his supporters to protest against the latest arrest of a top opponent by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Brazilian prosecutors again targeted the family of the country’s President Jair Bolsonaro, charging on Monday his son Flávio with embezzlement, money laundering and heading a criminal organization, local O Globo newspaper reported.