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Former New Mexico Legislator Convicted in Federal Kickback Scheme Involving Public School Funds

A former high-ranking New Mexico Democratic legislator...

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

The long-running debate over corporate ownership transparency...

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Former New Mexico Legislator Convicted in Federal Kickback Scheme Involving Public School Funds

A former high-ranking New Mexico Democratic legislator and public school administrator has been convicted on dozens of federal charges following a yearslong scheme in...

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...

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...

Marine Le Pen’s Embezzlement Conviction Upheld, Capping Years of Legal Scrutiny for France’s Far-Right Party

A French appeals court has upheld the conviction of Marine Le Pen for embezzlement in a long-running case involving the misuse of European Union...

Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Pleads Guilty in Federal Corruption Case, Ending High-Profile Political Scandal

Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, marking a dramatic reversal from his long-held insistence that the allegations...

Former Chinese Official Sentenced to Death in One of the Country’s Largest Bribery Cases

A Chinese court has sentenced former Nanjing city official Yang Youlin to death after convicting him of accepting more than 2.2 billion yuan (approximately...

Former Sri Lankan Minister Indicted Over Alleged Misuse of State Resources for Political Gain

Former Sri Lankan Minister S.M. Chandrasena appeared before the Colombo High Court after the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) formally...

Gojek Co-Founder Nadiem Makarim Sentenced to 10 Years in Landmark Corruption Case, Sparking Political Debate in Indonesia

In one of Indonesia's most closely watched corruption cases involving a prominent technology entrepreneur, former Education Minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim has been...

What Makes Someone a High-Risk Customer for Enhanced Due Diligence?

In financial crime compliance (FCC), few topics generate more confusion and more consequential errors than Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Ask a room full of compliance...

Nepal’s Anti-Corruption Drive Intensifies as Former Finance Minister Is Arrested on Money-Laundering Charges

Nepal’s crackdown on alleged corruption under previous governments has intensified with the arrest of former finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on money-laundering charges, adding...

Former Spanish Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison in Major COVID-19 Procurement Corruption Case

Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes in...

FATF Expands Grey List as More Jurisdictions Face Scrutiny Over Financial Crime Controls

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global standard-setter for combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, has expanded its list of jurisdictions...

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