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

Alex Nain Saab Moran, a 54-year-old Venezuelan...

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

A high-profile criminal case involving former Georgian...

Chandni Nanda

CTA Rollback: FinCEN Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting for U.S. Companies

The long-running debate over corporate ownership transparency in the United States has entered a decisive new phase, with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...

Synthetic Identities: When the Fraudster Stops Stealing People and Starts Inventing Them

The defining challenge for banks is shifting from “Is this information genuine?” to “Does this customer actually exist?” Synthetic identity fraud combines real and fabricated...

IFSCA Tightens AML and KYC Framework, Bringing Greater Focus on Risk, Reporting and Digital Controls

The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has updated its Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing and Know Your Customer (AML/CFT/KYC) Guidelines, consolidating regulatory changes made...

FinCEN Hits UBS Financial Services With Record $125 Million BSA Penalty

The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has imposed a $125 million civil money penalty on UBS Financial Services Inc. (UBSFS) for...

İstanbul Court Jails Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş in Expanding Corruption Probe

An İstanbul court has ordered the pretrial detention of Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş and three others as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, marking...

Former TV Star-Turned-Mayor Detained as Turkey Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition

Turkish authorities have detained Erdal Besikcioglu, the mayor of Etimesgut Municipality and a former television actor best known for portraying detective Behzat C., in...

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Returns Home Amid Ongoing Legal Battle

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is set to return to his homeland on Sunday, marking his first visit since being extradited to the...

Graham’s Final Legislative Push: Senate Nears Vote on Sweeping Russia Sanctions Bill

The Senate's path toward a long-stalled Russia sanctions package accelerated dramatically in July, propelled by an unusual combination of bipartisan negotiation, a last-minute White...

Scoular’s Border Bribery Case Puts Cartel Nexus at the Center of FCPA Enforcement

The Justice Department's first deferred prosecution agreement of 2026 under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act arrived with a twist that anti-corruption practitioners have been...

Feeding Our Future Fugitive’s Return Puts Shell-Company Fraud Architecture Back in the Spotlight

The extradition of Abdikerm Eidleh from Somalia to Minnesota in mid-July, four years after the Justice Department first unsealed charges in what it has...

FATF: Stablecoins Have Overtaken Other Crypto Assets as Criminals’ Preferred Laundering Rail

The Financial Action Task Force's seventh targeted update on virtual assets, published July 16 at the opening of the United Kingdom's incoming FATF presidency,...

Dhaka’s Reckoning: Tk76,000 Crore Frozen in Ousted Prime Minister’s Laundering Probe

A press briefing at Bangladesh Bank headquarters in mid-July put a concrete figure on the scale of the country's ongoing reckoning with politically exposed...

Compliance Teams Cross the Adoption Threshold on AI Agents, Industry Survey Finds

A comprehensive practitioner survey released in mid-July by identity and financial-crime research firm Liminal supplies the clearest quantitative evidence to date that artificial intelligence...

Singapore Tightens AML/CFT Expectations for Digital Payment Token Service Providers

Singapore’s monetary and financial regulator has set out detailed supervisory expectations for digital payment token service providers (DPTSPs), signalling a continued push toward stronger...

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