All 28 European Union member nations on Thursday unanimously rejected a proposal to blacklist 23 countries suspected of terrorist financing and money laundering, a landmark measure in the ongoing fight against money laundering.
A member of a gang that controlled the heroin trade across much of New Jersey was sentenced to 19 years in prison early this week for intimidating a witness during his trial for aggravated assault and illegal possession of a weapon following a 2013 shooting.
A magistrate of the Spanish National Court has found evidence that scandal ridden state-owned company Defex, now in liquidation, allegedly engaged in corruption in the supply of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, implicating Saudi Arabian government officials.
The UK announced reforms to its golden visas scheme on Thursday in an attempted crackdown that left transparency campaigners unconvinced.
A special committee blamed the Cypriot Finance Minister for the 2018 collapse of Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) on Wednesday, saying he appointed two of his friends to run the bank although they were not qualified for the job.
A Texas State Representative and a mayoral candidate for the city of Dallas said in a statement Monday he will file a sweeping anti-corruption bill in the wake of the latest Dallas bribery scandal involving a city official and a real estate developer.
Despite years of revelations that European banks have helped to launder billions of dollars in illicit cash for Russian business people, EU member states are on Thursday expected to nix a landmark money laundering blacklist that would represent a step toward staunching the flow.
The Spanish anti-corruption body is investigating the purchase of Costa Brava properties by close allies of Russian president Vladimir Putin, who are believed to have laundered money through The Troika Laundromat apparatus, El Periodico revealed Wednesday.
Russia’s expanding money laundering scandal spread to Austria on Tuesday, as the fallout from the Troika Laundromat echoed across the continent.
Another Canadian cabinet member resigned Monday after she said she had “lost confidence” in the administration’s managing of a corruption inquiry that has taken Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government by storm.