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Butina Boss Alexander Torshin: The Kremlin's No-Longer-Secret Weapon
The Daily Beast - Amy Knight
If ever a fox was put in charge of a chicken coup, Russian official Alexander Torshin was it. For years, Spanish police had him under investigation …
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Petrobras
Brazil Prosecutors Charge Former Trafigura, Petrobras Executives With Corruption
The Wall Street Journal. - Jeffrey T. Lewis
Ex-employees of trading firm alleged to have bribed oil-giant manager to land lucrative contracts SÃO PAULO—Brazilian prosecutors on Friday charged ex-executives of commodities trader Trafigura Group of
European Union
EU bank watchdog warns e-money firms not all ready for cliff-edge Brexit | Financial Times
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With just over three months to go until the UK is due to leave the European Union, smaller financial institutions and e-money firms are not doing …
Goldman Sachs
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INVESTIGATION INITIATED by Former Louisiana Attorney General: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates the
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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC …
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Hong Kong
For the US, Hong Kong is already ‘just another mainland city’
scmp.com - Alex Lo
Hong Kong had always been extraordinarily compliant with American demands, even long after the 1997 handover. From clearing customs cargos to …
Financial Crime
Trump Organization 'appears to be a criminal organization' says former US attorney
alternet.org - David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
Former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg says the Trump Organization "more and more" is appearing to be a "criminal organization."Rosenberg made his …
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Financial Crime
Alleged Kickback Scheme Leads to Murder-for-Hire, Money-Laundering Charges
The Wall Street Journal. - Samuel Rubenfeld
The case in North Carolina involves Russian military contracts and bribery, prosecutors say By Samuel Rubenfeld Samuel Rubenfeld The Wall Street Journal Biography A man living in North Carolina who allegedly
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Malta
Malta institutions under scrutiny after journalist’s murder
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MILAN — The Mediterranean island nation of Malta needs better checks and balances to address the way the prime minister’s powers currently eclipse other institutions, experts from Europe’s top human rights
Law Society
Elaine Early, solicitor, gets suspended term for fraud
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A County Down solicitor who admitted a series of fraud and money-laundering offences linked to client accounts has been given a suspended prison sentence. Twelve clients were affected by Elaine Mary Early's
Tampa Bay, FL
St. Pete man pleads guilty in IRS scam - Tampa Bay Business Journal
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By Crystal Owens – Reporter, Tampa Bay Business Journal Dec 14, 2018, 11:14am EST A St. Petersburg man is facing 20 years in prison after he pleaded …
Real Estate
Attorney General David Eby never knew about RCMP's secret report on money laundering until it became public
straight.com - Charlie Smith
Charlie SmithTransparency International Canada's Day of Dialogue in Vancouver has shed some light on a topic of interest to many political …
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Feds charge 24 behind crime spree in Little Havana | Miami Herald
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A Little Havana neighborhood attracting deep-pocketed real estate speculators has been a magnet for gun-toting drug dealers terrorizing the area west …
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Greeks in Albania Town See their Properties Seized by State for Tourism Development
greekreporter.com - Philip Chrysopoulos
Greeks who live in the seaside town of Himara in Albania have already seen their houses demolished and their properties seized since the passage of a …
ThinkProgress
Russia Probe
Even with guilty plea, Russia claims Maria Butina is innocent
ThinkProgress - Casey Michel
The Russian Foreign Ministry says Butina, who pleaded guilty on Thursday, is a "prisoner of conscience." Russian national Maria Butina pleaded guilty …
Financial Crime
Montana Supreme Court Strikes Down Tax Credit That Helped Religious Schools
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In 2015, the Montana legislature passed a bill giving a $150 income tax credit to residents who funded private school scholarships. The problem is …
Machine Learning
How to Maximize Data Used to Fight Fraud
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Splunk's Jim Apger on Streamlining Omni-Channel Defenses Tom Field (SecurityEditor) December 14, 2018 The data being used to drive effective …
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Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank Faces Fresh Calls for Scrutiny in Congress
The Wall Street Journal. - Jenny Strasburg
Senate Democrats ask for ‘thorough, detailed’ investigation, citing probes into the German lender’s activities in Russia and its role in recently surfaced money-laundering investigations Scrutiny of Deutsche
India News
R&AW chief Anil Kumar Dhasmana, IB director Rajiv Jain get 6-month extensions
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The extensions will tide over both men until the new government takes charge by the middle of next year. New Delhi: The Modi government Friday gave …
Donald Trump
New York's newly-elected Attorney General is about to become the Trump family's worst nightmare
dailykos.com - Jen Hayden
Donald Trump and his offspring are most certainly sweating the Special Counsel investigation into their increasingly obvious collusion with the …
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South Africa
How apartheid poisoned the world
The Spectator - Peter Hain
Most people would claim to abhor apartheid, but London, Washington, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv were all in on the act Around 1970 I was labelled ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ by white South
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Earley man arrested in police crackdown on money laundering
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A 49-year-old man from Earley has been arrested in a crackdown on money laundering. He was taken into custody followed a Thames Valley Police …
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Deutsche Bank
Top Democratic lawmakers call for investigation into Deutsche Bank controls
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Two top Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday called for the Senate to open an investigation into Germany’s Deutsche Bank over its compliance with …
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Puerto Rico
Four suspected drug traffickers are charged with the high-profile 2011 killing of a New Jersey banking executive who was
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday that four suspected drug traffickers have been charged with the high-profile 2011 killing of …
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Criminal Sentencing
Colombian ex-official sentencing delayed in bribery scheme
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Sentencing has been postponed for a former Colombian anti-corruption official who pleaded guilty to U.S. money-laundering conspiracy charges as part …
Financial Crime
Books of evidence served on Kerry men accused of money-laundering
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Books of evidence have been served on two Kerry men accused of money-laundering.One of them faced two charges of money-laundering and two related to …
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UK freezes bank account linked to Azerbaijani Laundromat
investing.com - By Kirstin Ridley
LONDON (Reuters) - British investigators have frozen a bank account linked to a multi-billion dollar Azerbaijani money-laundering scheme that a …
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank stock surges after government looks at Commerzbank merger idea
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• German government officials are said to have had high-level discussions about the possibility of merging Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) with fellow lender …
The Economist
South Sudan
South Sudan’s neighbours help launder the loot from its civil war
The Economist
“IAM NOT a rich man,” pleaded Paul Malong, the ex-chief of South Sudan’s army, in an interview on Kenyan television. Shaking his head, he denied …