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Tuesday, 19 August 2008
The Venezuelan exchange known as "permuta" has raised concerns among U.S. Treasury Department representatives who say the process lacks transparency and may be ripe for abuse.
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The Bush administration is set to finalize rules that could make it easier for state and local police to gather criminal evidence on suspected terrori...
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Five of the 15 European Union countries chastised by the EU Commission for not adopting anti-money laundering directives quickly enough could have tho...
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The former president of Taiwan has left the country's Democratic Progressive Party after reports surfaced that he and several family members are under...
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The United States is likely to ramp up penalties against financial institutions and other companies that have bribed Chinese officials to gain entry i...
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A program aimed at assuring donors that their donations to Muslim charities will not be handed over to terrorists is unlikely to offer any protections...
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The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued enforcement actions requiring that two banks in Texas and California improve their Bank ...
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Online transactions tied to sanctioned countries could lead to monetary fines for individuals, businesses and banks, even when it's unclear that the W...


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A Belarusian court sentenced a New York based money laundering attorney to a three year prison sentence on Monday despite U.S. protests about how the trial was conducted.
The abuse of offshore tax havens-a topic that has made its way into international headlines in recent months-is the single biggest unresolved issue in financial compliance, according to Jack Blum, a l...
The SEC has released an online research guide to help mutual fund companies better detect money laundering on the heels of a similar reference tool crafted last year to aid broker-dealers.
As the nexus between terrorist financing and drug trafficking widens, financial institutions will have to more closely scrutinize their correspondent banking relationships, say consultants.



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