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Philippine Casino Sector Under Scrutiny After PHP950 Million Laundering Allegations
Allegations against former officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways have placed the Philippine casino industry at the...
Sep 15, 20253 min read


Roman Abramovich Loses EU Court Battle Against Sanctions
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered a legal setback on Wednesday after the European Union’s second-highest court rejected his...
Sep 12, 20252 min read


Swiss Lawmakers Resist Stronger Anti-Money Laundering Push to Protect Competitiveness
Swiss legislators have rejected the government’s proposed anti-money laundering law, framing their opposition as a bid to preserve the...
Sep 12, 20253 min read


Hummingbird’s Unified Compliance Platform Takes Aim at Money Laundering
Money laundering continues to stand as one of the most complex challenges in financial crime prevention. Criminal enterprises and corrupt...
Sep 11, 20254 min read


Brussels Prosecutors Reopen Money Laundering Case Linking Deripaska and Reynders
A Belgian nonprofit set up to showcase Japanese art has become the focal point of a revived investigation that connects Russian oligarch...
Sep 11, 20255 min read


AUSTRAC Probe Exposes Gold Laundering Fueled by Gambling Addiction
The intersection of gambling addiction, gold trading, and AUSTRAC’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime has been laid bare in a case...
Sep 10, 20254 min read


Jersey Investigators Probe Abramovich’s Offshore Network Over Money Laundering and Sanctions Breaches
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, a figure long associated with immense wealth and political influence, is once again at the center...
Sep 10, 20254 min read


FINTRAC Hits CNE Casino With $199,000 Penalty for Money Laundering Failures
Canada’s anti-financial crime regime has struck a sharp blow against weak compliance in the gaming sector, with FINTRAC levying an...
Sep 8, 20254 min read


AUSTRAC Unmasks $83 Million Laundering Web in Illicit Tobacco Crackdown
AUSTRAC’s Operation Bolton has laid bare the mechanics of how organised crime syndicates in Victoria are converting illicit tobacco...
Sep 8, 20254 min read


Banca d’Italia Warns Banks to Balance AML Innovation With Strategic Oversight
A newly published analysis by Banca d’Italia highlights how financial intermediaries are reshaping their anti-money laundering and...
Sep 5, 20253 min read


Hezbollah’s Global Car Laundering Network Fuels Terrorism Amid Financial Strain
Few threats to global financial stability are as audacious as Hezbollah’s use of vehicle theft and resale operations. From luxury SUVs...
Sep 5, 20254 min read


ECB Should Hold Rates Steady as Economy Shows Resilience, Says Schnabel
The European Central Bank ought to maintain its current interest rate stance given that the euro zone economy is proving resilient...
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Brazil Launches Largest-Ever Operation Against Organized Crime, Exposing Fuel Fraud and Massive Tax Evasion
A sweeping nationwide raid in Brazil has pulled back the curtain on a multi-billion-dollar scheme involving adulterated fuel and...
Sep 4, 20252 min read


Thailand’s Casino Legalization Effort Derails After Court Ousts Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Thailand’s path toward casino legalization has been dealt a heavy blow following the Constitutional Court’s decision on August 29 to...
Sep 3, 20252 min read


Trump-Backed Crypto Token Begins Trading With $5 Billion Family Stake
A cryptocurrency launched by the Trump family has entered public trading, instantly valuing the holdings of the U.S. president and his...
Sep 3, 20253 min read


Ex-NatWest Manager Dodges Jail After Stealing £344K From ATMs to Fund Gambling Habit
A former NatWest branch manager has escaped prison despite admitting to stealing £344,410 (US$465,000) from the bank’s ATMs over the...
Sep 3, 20252 min read


Norsk Tipping Eurojackpot Fiasco Fuels Calls to End Gambling Monopolies in the Nordics
Norsk Tipping’s recent Eurojackpot debacle has reignited debate over the future of state gambling monopolies, with Nordic trade...
Sep 1, 20252 min read


German Lawyer Seeks to Sue EU Council for Defamation Over Usmanov Sanctions Rationale
A German attorney has lodged a case before the country’s highest court in a bid to secure permission to sue the Council of the European...
Aug 29, 20253 min read


European Banks Hit by Massive Unauthorised PayPal Debits After Security Failure
European lenders have been forced to block billions in suspicious transactions after PayPal’s fraud detection system failed, according to...
Aug 29, 20252 min read


U.S. and Allies Accuse Chinese Firms of Supporting State-Backed Hacking Operations
An unusually wide coalition that includes the United States, its English-speaking allies, and other nations such as Germany, Italy, and...
Aug 28, 20252 min read
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