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EU seeks 'exit tax' on sanctioned Russians' assets to squeeze Kremlin
European officials are considering imposing a "exit tax" on the assets and capital gains of sanctioned individuals leaving Russia....
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Prison term of more than 11 years forElizabeth Holmes of Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes was given a prison term of more than 11 years. Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, was found guilty of fraud...
Nov 21, 20222 min read


Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia are ready to join the Schengen Area, according to the EU Commission
Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania are prepared to join the Schengen Area as full members, according to the European Union Commission, which...
Nov 18, 20222 min read


UN: Russian invasion has given "new and emerging" organized crime businesses room to develop
According to the UN's Crime and Justice research branch, the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year has allowed "new and emerging...
Nov 17, 20222 min read


EU data regulators advise against downloading apps for the World Cup in Qatar
The heads of data protection in Europe have this message for football fans: Avoid downloading the World Cup apps from Qatar because they...
Nov 16, 20222 min read


Ex-Vatican Chief Auditor says he was fired for investigating financial irregularities of Holy See
After learning about financial irregularities at the Holy See, the former Chief Auditor of the Vatican earned the moniker...
Nov 14, 20222 min read


As part of Ukraine sanctions, the UK has frozen £18 billion in Russian assets
The British government has frozen the assets of 120 Russian organisations and over 1,200 individuals. According to new numbers announced...
Nov 11, 20222 min read


German police raid UBS in an investigation concerning a Russian Oligarch
German police searched branches of the multinational lender UBS as part of a money laundering investigation into Russian oligarch Alisher...
Nov 10, 20222 min read


Accountants in Cyprus leave PwC to keep clients with ties to Russia
To accept business from clients with Russian ties which the Big Four accounting firms are no longer considering, a group of PwC partners...
Nov 8, 20223 min read


McGuinness: New instant payment regulations, will make sanctions screening "more efficient"
Mairead McGuinness, the European Commissioner for Financial Services, has pledged that the bloc's recently disclosed instant payment...
Nov 8, 20222 min read


NS8's former CFO will serve five years in prison and forfeit $17.5 million for inventing revenue
The Department of Justice (DOJ) stated Thursday that a former chief executive of NS8, a business that prevents cyberfraud, has been...
Nov 7, 20222 min read


Price of Dogecoin Falls as Twitter is Sued?
The news that Twitter is being sued for mass layoffs and meme coin rival Shiba Inu pushed caused the price of Dogecoin to drop by 7% in...
Nov 4, 20222 min read


German Economic State Secretary: The country has "big plans" to combat "dirty money
Germany's State Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs promised that the country has "big plans" to combat organized crime and...
Nov 3, 20222 min read


Cyprus: A hub for technology companies
International technology firms are one of the sectors of the Cypriot economy that kept expanding both during the pandemic and under the...
Oct 31, 20224 min read


Examining China's underground banking system
A 33-year-old Chinese national was detained in Teesside as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a suspected Chinese...
Oct 26, 20227 min read


France and Israel sign AML cooperation agreement, promising to exchange information
On the sidelines of the FATF Plenary in Paris last week, France and Israel signed a new AML cooperation agreement. The Memorandum of...
Oct 25, 20223 min read


Binance arrives in Cyprus with CySEC's approval
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Binance, the largest crypto exchange, as a Crypto Asset Service Provider. Due...
Oct 24, 20222 min read


Cases of money laundering reported to Eurojust have doubled in the previous six years
In the previous six years, the number of cross-border money laundering cases reported to the EU's judicial body Eurojust has doubled. In...
Oct 21, 20222 min read


Liz Truss announced on Thursday that she was leaving as prime minister
Just six weeks after her appointment, Liz Truss announced on Thursday that she was leaving as prime minister, due to her economic...
Oct 20, 20221 min read


Lafarge will pay $778 million for funding ISIS and ANF in Syria
Lafarge, a French multinational construction goods business, pleaded guilty to providing material assistance and resources to two...
Oct 19, 20224 min read
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