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A Brazilian national has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his managerial role in an international money laundering operation that concealed more than $30 million in illicit proceeds, including money generated by drug trafficking. The case exposed a coordinated network that used cash couriers, bank deposits and encrypted-by-platform messaging communications to move criminal proceeds across the United States and facilitate their return to suppliers and other r

German law enforcement authorities have frozen 189 bank accounts containing approximately €2 million and arrested four individuals as part of a large-scale investigation into an alleged corporate money laundering network operating across Berlin and Brandenburg. The operation, carried out on 14 October, involved coordinated action by police, prosecutors and tax investigators, who conducted searches at 16 residential and commercial properties. According to investigators, the

Belgian federal police have conducted coordinated searches at properties linked to relatives and associates of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering, corruption and the alleged diversion of public funds connected to the country’s mining sector. The searches took place on 14 October 2026 in Brussels and several municipalities in the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant. Several

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has arrested three individuals in a major operation targeting a suspected organised criminal network allegedly involved in insider dealing and money laundering. The coordinated enforcement action, conducted alongside the National Crime Agency (NCA) on 13 October 2026, involved more than 100 personnel, searches of five residential properties and the seizure of over 30 electronic devices. The investigation represents a significant in

Iron ore trader Radiant World and related companies are facing allegations of fraud and money laundering after US investment fund Mariner Atlantic Multi-Strategy LLC filed a criminal complaint with the Geneva Public Prosecutor’s Office in Switzerland. The complaint, filed around September 14, 2026, names Radiant World, its Swiss subsidiary, related entities, founder Pinkesh Nahar and other individuals. Mariner is asking Swiss prosecutors to open a criminal investigation, sear

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released the names and photographs of 24 Nigerian nationals arrested by immigration authorities over alleged criminal offences, including fraud, money laundering, drug-related crimes, identity theft, assault and weapons violations. The announcement comes as President Donald Trump’s administration intensifies its immigration enforcement campaign, with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carrying out arres

French security services recorded nearly 7,630 people as suspects in money laundering offences in 2025, according to new statistics published by France’s Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI). The figures form part of a new statistical series covering money laundering and terrorist financing cases recorded by French security services between 2021 and 2025. The data was published on October 7, 2026, as part of work conducted under France’s Council for the Orientati

A report released by Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has raised concerns over the use of Tether’s USDT stablecoin in financial networks linked to Iran and its regional proxies. The report analysed blockchain transaction data from 846 cryptocurrency wallets that had been sanctioned or targeted for seizure because of alleged links to Iran and associated groups. It found that 84% of the wallets had transacted exclusively or almost e

Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van, 37, has been charged in the United States with two counts of money laundering over his alleged role in cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes that targeted U.S. victims. The criminal complaint, filed in the Western District of Missouri and unsealed following Van’s initial appearance in federal court in Los Angeles, alleges that cryptocurrency wallets attributed to him received approximately $53.3 million in assets linked to wire fraud sc

A 26-year-old California man has been sentenced to seven years and 10 months in federal prison for his role in a $10 million real estate fraud scheme involving fake identities, shell companies, fabricated property documents and the laundering of proceeds through Las Vegas casinos. Gilberto Barron, formerly of Delano and Las Vegas, was sentenced on September 28, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. He pleaded guilty on June 29 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud,

Eurojust and the United Arab Emirates have signed a Working Arrangement aimed at strengthening judicial cooperation and information exchange in investigations involving serious cross-border crime, including money laundering, fraud, cybercrime and drug trafficking. The arrangement was signed on September 28, 2026, in Abu Dhabi by Eurojust President Michael Schmid and UAE Minister of Justice Abdullah Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi during the United Nations Congress on Crime Preventi

Spain has allowed a US request to extradite American national James Cox Chambers to proceed to judicial review, following his arrest in Ibiza in July 2026. The decision does not constitute approval of his extradition. The case will now be considered by Spain’s Audiencia Nacional before the Spanish government makes a final determination. Chambers, 41, was arrested on 10 July while visiting Ibiza and remains in pre-trial detention in Madrid. He is a US citizen and has been desc

The Senate of American Samoa has given final approval to the Money Laundering Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2026, establishing a dedicated criminal-law framework targeting the laundering of proceeds derived from criminal activity. The legislation was approved by the Senate on September 23, 2026. The measure is intended to create clear criminal offences covering the concealment, movement and handling of money obtained through unlawful activity in American Samoa. The bill f

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates and Sweden have arrested seven people in a coordinated investigation into an international money laundering network that allegedly handled approximately 70 million Swedish kronor, equivalent to about AED 26.5 million, over a period of ten months. The suspected leader of the network, a Swedish national, was arrested in the United Arab Emirates after fleeing Sweden. He was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice in connection with suspected

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan has conducted searches and frozen assets worth €2.6 million as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving resources from Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), which is financed through the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The frozen assets form part of a €4.9 million order issued by the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Milan against four companies a

Six Indian nationals have been charged in Fiji following the alleged non-declaration of foreign currency worth approximately FJ$183,000 and separate allegations that the funds were derived from unlawful activity. The six were intercepted by officers from the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS) on 12 July 2026 while preparing to leave Fiji. Authorities allege that they were carrying various foreign currencies with a combined value of approximately FJ$183,000 and had not de

The UK Government has launched a three-year Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy covering the period from 2026 to 2029, setting out measures to strengthen the detection, disruption and prosecution of money laundering and increase the recovery of criminal assets. The strategy, published on 15 September 2026, is backed by more than £550 million of investment over three years and is expected to result in the recruitment of 500 additional law enforcement officers and

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has identified a range of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing risks affecting the global gaming and gambling sectors, including casinos, sports betting, online gambling, lotteries and online gaming. The findings were published on September 9, 2026, following an assessment of developments across the sector. The review covers both land-based and online activities and examines the increasing use of digital plat

Huawei Technologies has gone on trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, in a long-running criminal case involving allegations of sanctions violations, bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering and theft of trade secrets. Jury selection began on September 8, 2026, almost eight years after US authorities initially brought charges against the Chinese telecommunications company. Prosecutors allege that Huawei used a network of corporate relationships and intern

Italian and German authorities have uncovered an alleged €4.5 million money laundering scheme involving funds intended for a sports association, with investigators tracing diverted money through a second allegedly fictitious association, family members and investments in Germany. The cross-border investigation involves three individuals, including the former legal representative of the Italian sports association. Coordinated action on 3 September resulted in the preventive se