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Belgian authorities have launched a major investigation into suspected money laundering and organised criminal activity involving companies, allegedly fictitious commercial transactions and individuals acting as nominal company managers. The investigation came to public attention after Belgian investigators conducted 15 searches on 29 September 2026. The operation was carried out by Belgium’s Federal Judicial Police in Charleroi as part of an inquiry into an alleged compens

A California technology executive is facing a money-laundering conspiracy charge in connection with an alleged scheme to divert more than $300 million worth of controlled computer servers to China, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Greg Lui, the owner of Earthmade Computer Inc., was arrested on October 1, 2026. Prosecutors allege that servers containing graphics-processing units manufactured in the United States were exported to China without the necessary auth

A Colombian national has been indicted in the United States over an alleged money-laundering conspiracy involving approximately $135 million in suspected narcotics proceeds, shell-company bank accounts, cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoins and 207 Colombian bank accounts. William Andres Holguin Mendez, 40, was charged in a single-count federal indictment returned by a grand jury in Greenville, South Carolina. According to the indictment, the alleged scheme involved the movem

The United Arab Emirates has launched a special and urgent examination of Banque Misr's branches operating in the country after US authorities raised concerns over transactions allegedly connected to Iranian shadow-banking networks. The UAE Central Bank announced that it would conduct a detailed forensic review of the bank's activities following a proposal by the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to restrict Banque Misr UAE's access to the US financial system

Five men have been charged in the United States over an alleged money-laundering operation that prosecutors say moved more than $7.4 million obtained from at least 77 fraud victims, many of them elderly. The federal case in Washington alleges that the defendants established an extensive network of companies, financial accounts and commercial mailboxes to receive and move funds generated through fraudulent schemes targeting people across the United States. The defendants named

More than $5.2 million has been forfeited by ENEX Premium Trading Limited following a UK investigation into suspected money laundering and sanctions evasion, highlighting the growing use of civil recovery powers to target potentially illicit funds without requiring a criminal conviction. The agricultural trading company, which is registered in St Kitts and Nevis and owned by Azerbaijani national Nadir Valiyev, agreed to surrender approximately £3.84 million after investigator

Singapore is preparing to auction hundreds of pieces of luxury jewellery and other high-value goods forfeited in one of the country's largest money-laundering investigations, turning assets linked to the case into proceeds for the state through a carefully controlled disposal process. The first auctions are scheduled to begin on 7 September 2026 and will include 286 pieces of fine jewellery alongside hundreds of handbags and other luxury accessories. Together, the first two a

Ukraine's state-owned Sense Bank has become the focus of a major money-laundering investigation involving allegations that approximately UAH 150 million, equivalent to around $3.4 million, was moved through the banking system as part of a scheme connected to a wider corruption investigation. The allegations have triggered significant action against senior figures at the bank and renewed questions about the effectiveness of its anti-money laundering controls, governance and st