Picassos, a glass piano and missing billions: scandal of 1MDB reaches court
On Tuesday the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will go on trial for his alleged role…
Unexplained Strategy: Putting Unexplained Wealth Orders to Work
The eye-catching element of the British government’s response to economic crime has, during the course of 2018,…
WSJ Investigation: China Offered to Bail Out Troubled Malaysian Fund in Return for Deals
The secret discussions show how China uses its political and financial clout to bolster its position overseas…
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…
