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Ecuador Arrests Former Presidential Candidate Luisa González Amid Investigation into Alleged Campaign Financing Irregularities

Ecuadorian authorities have arrested Luisa González, a prominent opposition politician and former presidential candidate, as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in political...

EU Adopts Largest-Ever Sanctions Listing Against Russia, Targeting 1,569 Individuals and Entities in Military Supply Chains

The Council of the European Union has adopted its largest-ever round of sanctions listings against Russia, adding 1,569 individuals and entities associated with the...

Coinme Agrees to $2.5 Million Settlement With 34 State Regulators Over BSA/AML Violations

Coinme Inc., a Seattle-based cryptocurrency money transmitter and kiosk operator, has reached a $2.5 million settlement with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional...

American Express National Bank Hit With $350 Million OCC Penalty Over AML Failures Involving $13 Billion in Suspected Money Laundering

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued a cease-and-desist order and imposed a $350 million civil money penalty against American...

Former Republican Congressman David Rivera Sentenced to 10 Years for Secret $50 Million Venezuela Lobbying Campaign

Former Republican congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after being convicted of conspiring to commit money laundering and...

Bolivia Arrests Attorney General Over Alleged Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Links

Bolivian authorities have confirmed the arrest of Attorney General Roger Mariaca on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking, money laundering and organised criminal activity,...

Georgia’s Former Security Chief Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison in Major Corruption Case

A former head of Georgia’s State Security Service, Grigol Liluashvili, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on corruption charges, marking another significant...

Former Venezuelan Minister Alex Saab Pleads Guilty in U.S. Money-Laundering Case

Alex Nain Saab Moran, a 54-year-old Venezuelan businessman and former Minister of Industry under the government of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has pleaded...

Former Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze Receives Reduced Sentence in Plea Deal

A high-profile criminal case involving former Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze has concluded with a plea agreement that significantly reduces his period of imprisonment...

RBI Tightens Framework for Suspected Money Mule Accounts, Introduces Time-Bound Debit Holds to Combat Cyber Fraud

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for banks to identify and manage suspected money mule accounts,...

Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Yurchenko Sentenced to Nine Years in Bribery Case

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has sentenced sitting Member of Parliament Oleksandr Yurchenko to nine years in prison, confiscated his property and barred him...

Former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez Arrested in ₱7.44-Billion Plunder Case Linked to Government Infrastructure Projects

Former Philippine House Speaker and incumbent Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez was arrested on Monday in connection with a plunder case alleging that he and...

New Zealand Moves to Overhaul AML/CFT Framework, Balancing Regulatory Relief With Stronger Enforcement

New Zealand’s proposed Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Omnibus) Amendment Bill seeks to reshape the country’s anti-financial-crime framework, combining greater flexibility for...

Former Sri Lankan Aviation Minister Sentenced to Seven Years’ Rigorous Imprisonment in Government Corruption Case

Former Sri Lankan Minister of Civil Aviation Priyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court after...

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