http://www.complinet.com Complinet Money Laundering (UK and International) RSS feed en complinet.com http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118128 The United States has a long history as a leader in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:00:33 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118400 Compliance with financial sanctions regimes is a current area of focus for the UK's Financial Services Authority. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:30:20 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118678 Small and medium wholesale and retail firms that do not screen their customers against sanctions databases are likely to be in breach of Financial Services Authority principles, warned a lawyer. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:54:19 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118630 The European Commission announced yesterday that it was referring France and Poland to the European Court of Justice because they are over a year late implementing the Third Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:08 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118636 KwaZulu-Natal's first black female judge has been chosen to hear an appeal from African National Congress president Jacob Zuma against his prosecution on charges of corruption, racketeering, money laundering and fraud, it has been reported. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:21:50 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118602 Fraud "Financial crisis! What financial crisis?" booms Eugene Kaspersky, the Bransonesque Russian entrepreneur engaged in driving his anti-malware brand around the world and back. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:37:17 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118603 Spanish police have arrested six people on suspicion of perpetrating a £420m ($600m) fraud relating to a London-listed company. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:31:42 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118511 Senegalese authorities have questioned former premier Macky Sall over suspected money laundering, less than two months before important local polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade's estranged ally is fielding a new party. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:58:12 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118564 Police in Yorkshire have quizzed a 37-year-old woman on suspicion of money laundering as part of a crackdown on criminals living off ill-gotten gains. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:38:18 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=117764 Member of the Financial Action Task Force? No. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:04:11 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118262 Anti-money laundering legislation in Belarus was enacted under the Law of the Republic of Belarus on measures to prevent the legalisation of illegal income and financing of terrorist activity. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:29 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118299 The Dutch ministry of finance has produced a "guide for dummy police informants" for so-called gatekeepers who are being inculcated into the national money laundering reporting regime. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:17:05 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118283 Ted Cunningham, 60, the man behind the money-lending firm of Chesterton Financial, which British and Irish authorities always suspected of involvement in the laundering of Northern Bank robbery money, is about to go on trial. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:40:44 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118243 The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has blacklisted three alleged "international representatives" of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a narco-terrorist organization. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:46:44 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118202 USKOK, the national bureau for the fight against corruption and organised crime in Croatia, is investigating Berislav Roncevic, who lost his position as the country's interior minister last autumn. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118158 The government of Serbia is planning to set up an assets recovery agency with a staff of 25. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:35:21 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=118106 London-based Lloyds TSB Bank Plc has agreed to pay a record-setting $350m forfeiture to the US Department of Justice and the New York County District Attorney's Office for engaging in "systematic" US sanctions violations. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:49:48 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=117990 Compliance staff should be wary of the Cape Verde Islands, where a small but burgeoning offshore centre is developing, drug money is washed through real estate and the police have no equipment to bug telephones. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:17:46 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=117979 The effective part-nationalisation of various UK banks and the increasing power of sovereign wealth funds (many of which are located in areas of the world where there is perceived to be a higher risk of corruption) have forced many US firms and their subsidiaries to look harder at how they obtain and retain business. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:56:14 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=117895 Bulgarian prosecutors believe that they are on the trail of Europe's largest ever quantity of laundered money, according to French and Bulgarian press reports, and suspect a financial firm. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:18:32 +0000