http://www.complinet.com Complinet Money Laundering (US Edition) RSS feed en complinet.com http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=103152 This Complinet country profile looks at the laws and regulations that New Zealand employs to force financial services firms to report suspicious transactions; the dominion lags far behind most advanced nations in this field. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01:47 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104555 Many Kenyan MPs have reacted critically to the introduction of a new money laundering bill, with some intending to maul it at the forthcoming committee stage. Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:42 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104552 Zambia's authorities have arrested a Jamaican businesswoman on suspicion of laundering more than $7m. Mon, 12 May 2008 02:20:26 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104528 A federal grand jury in New York has indicted two Yemeni shopkeepers and a restaurateur on money laundering charges after a "sting" operation allegedly snared them. Fri, 09 May 2008 19:38:14 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104527 A Californian man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges after openly operating a so-called "medical" marijuana operation that offered the drug to sufferers of painful and chronic ailments. Fri, 09 May 2008 17:50:32 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104526 A federal judge in Ohio has reduced the prison sentence of a former bank executive who was doing a 14-year stint for embezzling and laundering nearly $49m. Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:09 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104538 The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre is preparing to send letters to around 8,000 entities that it suspects have missed the March 31 compliance reporting deadline, according to the agency's chief executive. Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:23 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104514 Three Californian businessmen have been indicted on federal securities fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly running a pump-and-dump scheme that generated more than $6m, with help from Nevada corporations. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:20:35 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104517 The financial intelligence unit in El Salvador has accused Oscar René Molina Manzanares, a fugitive, of laundering more than $14. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:08:59 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104523 A judge in Gran Canaria has implicated a bank manager from the island in a money laundering investigation. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01:55 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104524 The Ministère Public de la Confederation in Switzerland has opened a police investigation into individuals connected to the French industrial group Alstom for corruption, money laundering and other crimes, a spokeswoman told Complinet. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01:25 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104471 The sentencing of a Colombian in an Atlanta federal court has capped a four-year investigation into a drug money laundering ring that relied on the Black Market Peso Exchange. Thu, 08 May 2008 23:07:49 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104478 The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has blacklisted a Colombian casa de cambio, accusing it of helping to launder money for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Thu, 08 May 2008 22:15:21 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104473 The Law Society of Upper Canada has passed a new set of regulations to govern the verification of client identification, to better help lawyers, paralegals and licensees to recognise fraudulent activity and financial crime. Thu, 08 May 2008 01:55:21 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104472 Colombia's authorities have extradited a former paramilitary leader to the US, where he will face money laundering, terrorist financing and drug trafficking charges. Thu, 08 May 2008 01:34:25 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104457 The Czech Republic parliament's lower house has passed a money laundering bill which will enshrine the European Union's Third Money Laundering Directive in Czech law, if the upper house passes it and the president signs it. Thu, 08 May 2008 01:15:35 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104420 The European Union is once again vilifying Bulgaria for its high-level corruption and political links to organized crime just as another money laundering scandal is breaking. Wed, 07 May 2008 02:44:59 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104416 Police in Thailand recently arrested an Uzbekistani national wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for suspected money laundering and child pornography. Wed, 07 May 2008 02:27:16 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104370 A Maryland man who is the nephew of a woman accused of orchestrating a massive, decades-long corruption scheme has pleaded guilty to money laundering and receiving stolen property. Tue, 06 May 2008 23:48:25 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104373 The owner of a Cincinnati title company has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Tue, 06 May 2008 23:43:01 +0000