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ECB Holds Interest Rates Steady as Inflation Outlook Remains Stable
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today that it will keep its three key interest rates unchanged, citing a broadly stable...
Flexi Group
Sep 122 min read
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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...
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Sep 122 min read
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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...
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Sep 123 min read
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Hong Kong Approves Basketball Betting With 50% Tax on Wagers
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has formally legalized basketball betting, approving a measure that will impose a 50 percent tax on net...
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Sep 122 min read
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Billions Washed Through Garantex’s Shadow Crypto Web Despite Raids and Sanctions
Even after being sanctioned in 2022 and repeatedly struck by regulators and investigative agencies, Garantex and its offshoots have...
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Sep 125 min read
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Fitch Upgrades 2025 Global Growth Outlook to 2.4% Despite Signs of U.S. Slowdown
Fitch Ratings has revised its global economic outlook, lifting its 2025 growth forecast to 2.4 per cent, a 0.2 percentage point...
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Sep 113 min read
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Uganda Confiscates Dozens of Illegal Slot Machines in Nationwide Crackdown
Uganda’s booming gaming sector, one of the fastest-growing in East Africa, has come under tougher scrutiny as authorities intensify their...
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Sep 112 min read
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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...
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Sep 114 min read
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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...
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Sep 115 min read
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Forced Scam Labor in Southeast Asia Fuels Billions in Money Laundering
Southeast Asia has become the epicenter of a growing storm of cyber fraud, where scam compounds concealed within casinos and luxury...
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Sep 115 min read
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Cyprus Tax Reform Sparks Mixed Reactions from Business Community
As the public consultation on Cyprus’ forthcoming tax reform concludes today, two of the country’s leading business bodies—the Cyprus...
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Sep 102 min read
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FinCEN Guidance on Cross-Border Information Sharing Bolsters Global AML Efforts
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new guidance on cross-border information sharing, marking a significant...
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Sep 104 min read
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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...
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Sep 104 min read
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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...
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Sep 104 min read
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FATF Pushes for Stronger Cross-Border Cooperation with New Anti-Money Laundering Handbooks
The release of the International Co-operation on Money Laundering Detection, Investigation, and Prosecution Handbook represents a...
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Sep 104 min read
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Europe Becomes Weakest Global Smartphone Market With 9% Shipment Decline
Europe has officially taken the mantle as the weakest smartphone market in the world, after shipments across the region—excluding...
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Sep 84 min read
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Casinos Still a Key Conduit for Chinese Money Laundering Networks, Warns FinCEN
Casinos are once again at the centre of international financial crime concerns, as U.S. authorities warn that Chinese money laundering...
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Sep 82 min read
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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...
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Sep 84 min read
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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...
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Sep 84 min read
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$18 Million Laundering Scheme Behind Sham Immigration Services Exposed
The indictment of twelve individuals accused of alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and laundering criminal proceeds has revealed just how...
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Sep 84 min read
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