BankThink AML enforcement needs more whistleblowers
In recent weeks, major anti-money-laundering enforcement actions have highlighted the critical role of whistleblowers in government efforts…
Four Defendants Charged in Panama Papers Investigation for Their Roles in Panamanian-Based Global Law Firm’s Decades-Long Scheme to Defraud the United States
Four individuals have been charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Southern District of New York…
Swiss oil trader accused of profiting from ties to elites in Kazakhstan
The NGO Public Eye has accused Vitol, the second largest company in Switzerland, of using a discreet joint…
Why is the new President of Kyrgyzstan recognizes the mistakes of predecessors, but does not fix them?
At the round table in Bishkek was a list demanding the investigation of acts of ex-President of…
Vitol, the king of oil in Kazakhstan
The Swiss giant Vitol holds the lion’s share of the market in Kazakhstan. The company was already…
Malaysian Financier Low Taek Jho, Also Known As “Jho Low,” and Former Banker Ng Chong Hwa, Also Known As “Roger Ng,” Indicted for Conspiring to Launder Billions of Dollars in Illegal Proceeds and to Pay Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Bribes
Former Banker Tim Leissner Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to Launder Money and to Violate the Foreign Corrupt…
The Unexplained Wealth Order legislation and London’s financial aristocracy
Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of former Azerbaijani state banker Jahangir Hajiyev, is the first person to be…
What we know about alleged elite corruption under former Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev
As Kyrgyzstan’s new regime consolidates power, fresh allegations of corruption by Atambayev loyalists are emerging. Until November…
Revealed: Mystery woman who blew £16million at Harrods is wife of disgraced Azerbaijan banker jailed for stealing £125million
The mystery woman who blew £16 million in Harrods at the centre of a High Court battle…
Shell Said to Drop Plan to Buy Stake in Kazakh State Oil Company
(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc dropped plans to purchase a stake in KazMunayGas National Co. after…
