Lebanon Charges Central Bank Governor with Illicit Enrichment
A Lebanese judge charged in absentia Central Bank governor Riad Salame with illicit enrichment and money laundering only...
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Russian Asset Tracker
Sanctioning an Oligarch Is Not So Easy: Why the Money Trail of Alisher Usmanov, One of Russia’s Wealthiest Men, Is Difficult to Follow
Alisher Usmanov, who has been closely tied to top Russian leaders, hides behind trusts, secretive offshore companies, Swiss...
Conflicts Of Interest And Controversial Clients: Henley & Partners’ Caribbean Business
"Citizenship planning” company Henley & Partners helped a bevy of high-risk clients gain citizenship in the...
“A Faustian Pact”: How Henley & Partners’ “Passport King” and Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Firm Sought to Sway Caribbean Politics
In 2009 and 2010, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, which infamously misused Facebook data in the 2016 U.S....
Lebanon Arrests Brother of Central Bank Governor for Financial Crimes
Lebanese authorities arrested on Thursday the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor on charges of money...
INTERPOL Introduces New Center to Fight Financial Crimes
INTERPOL said that it has launched a Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Center (IFCACC) in order to fight the exponential...
Suisse Secrets
New Documents Link Scandal-Hit Angolan Banker To Embezzlement Scheme
Álvaro Sobrinho, who led an Angolan bank that collapsed with billions of dollars of unexplained debts, is linked by new...
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse Account Holding $56M Listed Owner as a Homeless Pakistani Man
“This certainly shows a due diligence failure,” said an anti-money laundering expert.
EU Adopts New Measures Against Russia, Belarus
New sanctions and restrictive measures have been taken concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including sanctions against...
Suisse Secrets
A Top Uzbek Official, a Leading Businessman — and the Unknown Woman Who Ties Them Together
The wife of Uzbekistan’s first deputy prime minister has never appeared in public. But now, two separate document leaks —...
Credit Suisse Responds to Report of Destroyed Client Documents
In response to reports that Credit Suisse had asked investors to destroy documents pertaining to yacht and private jet loans...
US Slaps $55 Million Fine on National Bank of Pakistan
Two U.S. government agencies made the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) pay a total of US$55 million in fines for repeatedly...