Leaked Letters Give Insight Into Anti-Money Laundering Gaps at Swiss Bank Reyl
The correspondence shows how a Swiss private bank courted a roster of questionable clients linked to autocratic regimes and...
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Banking
Iraq’s Dollar Auction: The ‘Monster’ Funneling Billions to Fraudsters and Militants Through the U.S. Federal Reserve
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant...
South Africa’s Justice Minister Scrutinized Over VBS Loan Controversy
Amid growing calls for her removal, South Africa’s Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Thembi Simelane, faces...
The Cleaner and the Laundromat: Belarusian Cleaning Magnate Allegedly Laundered Millions Through Disgraced Latvian Bank ABLV
Latvian investigators suspect the owner of “Clean World,” a well-known cleaning business that stretches across Russia,...
The Shadow Investor
The Lies That Kept A Central Asian Money Launderer's Cash Flowing
For years, the Abdukadyr family’s self-confessed money launderer sent their money abroad using a variety of invented...
A Fake Bank Was Shut Down in Spain. Now a New One Has Popped Up in the U.K.
In 2017, Spanish authorities cracked down on over two dozen shell companies, masquerading as a bank in Madrid, that were...
Story Killers
Israeli Disinformation Expert Linked to Faked Bank Accounts in Serbian Smear Campaign
A leaked report sheds light on the source of a mysterious media attack on the Serbian president’s political rival.
Credit Suisse Banked Abramovich Fortune Held in Secret Offshore Companies
Credit Suisse loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Abramovich’s offshore companies, which used U.S. stocks as...
Suisse Secrets
Kosovo’s Former Ambassador to U.S. Failed to Report Millions in Credit Suisse Account
As a senior public official, Ismaili was required by law to declare his assets, including foreign bank accounts. But he...
Swiss Government Motions for Press Freedom in Country’s Finance Sector
The Swiss government set forth a motion Monday to amend the Banking Act, which currently prevents the press from...
In Nationwide Sweep Against Financial Crime over 200 Arrested in Turkey
Turkish Authorities arrested this week more than 200 people suspected of financial and smuggling related crimes, Turkey’s...
Ghana Junior Finance Minister Sacked Over Corruption Accusations
Ghana’s President on Monday dismissed the controversial Harvard Business School-educated Junior Finance Minister after he...