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U.S. Treasury Eases Customer Due Diligence Rules in Major Shift Toward Risk-Based Compliance

In a significant regulatory shift aimed at...

Malaysia’s Top Court Reinstates Corruption Conviction Against Veteran Politician Isa Samad

In a landmark ruling underscoring Malaysia’s continued...

Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Hong Kong media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate...

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UN Shows Conflicting Approaches to Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar’s already abysmal human rights situation is getting worse. That’s what senior United Nations officials told the UN Security Council on April 4, during a...

Swiss Attorney General Fines PKB PRIVATBANK AG for Money Laundering in LAVA JATO Case

The Swiss Attorney General's Office (OAG) has fined PKB PRIVATBANK AG CHF 750,000 for failing to prevent money laundering between 2011 and 2014 by...

AML Breaches: Tax Advisers and Accountancy Firms Fined £98,870

Tax advisers and accounting firms faced fines totaling £98,870 for violating anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, with only one company contesting the penalty. The latest HMRC...

South African Ex-Speaker Faces Corruption Charges Amid Resignation

Former South African Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula faces charges of corruption and money laundering, totaling 12 counts and one count respectively. She appeared in court...

Justice Department Announces Publication of Third Volume of National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment

The Justice Department today announced the publication of Firearm Trafficking Investigations, the third volume of the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA), a four-part,...

Ethiopia: Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region

Ethiopian armed forces summarily executed scores of civilians in Merawi, a town in the Amhara region in late January and February amid fighting with...

UN Body Calls on UK to End Detention of People with Disabilities

A United Nations human rights body has criticized the United Kingdom government for “involuntary, compulsory treatment and detention” of people with disabilities inside and...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Surge of Resources to Fight Violent Crime in Three Additional Cities

Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the Justice Department is adding three new cities to its Criminal Division’s Violent Crime Initiative (VCI),...

Joint Statement on the U.S.-Spain Central America Working Group

The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Spain on the occasion of the Central America Working...

Colombia, Panama Fail to Protect Migrants in Darién Gap

Colombia and Panama are failing to effectively protect and assist hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers in the Darién Gap and to...

Gun Trafficker Sentenced for Attempting to Send Firearms to Drug Cartel Members in Mexico

Yuendry Rodriguez Hilario, 29, of Cleveland, was sentenced to 13 years and four months in prison for conspiring to traffic firearms, possessing firearms in...

Harrisburg Man Sentenced To 14 ½ Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 2, 2024, George E. Jones, age 43,...

Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released | Human Rights Watch

(Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch announced today that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary efforts of human rights defenders in...

Thirteen Members of a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Louisiana State Penitentiary Inmates, Former Angola Guards, and Other Sentenced to Federal Prison

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of thirteen individuals by Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick in connection with an extensive...

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