Nov 22, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Regulatory/Topical
Details of the millions that former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife allegedly took from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) sovereign wealth fund and hid in Hong Kong and Singapore will soon emerge in the widening investigations on how billions were looted...
Nov 22, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Regulatory/Topical
Officials in Taiwan hoping that international monitors will this week upgrade its rating for anti-money laundering may have to thank one of its worst corporate scandals of the past decade for the achievement. Taipei-based Mega International Commercial Bank Co., the...
Nov 22, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Regulatory/Topical
The Government has put in place new anti-money laundering and terrorism financing requirements for property developers that will require them to perform due diligence checks on their buyers and flag suspicious activity. The new rules come after Parliament passed the...
Nov 22, 2018 | Europe, Regulatory/Topical, United States
A former UBS Group AG compliance officer, on trial for insider trading, led a project designed to stop leaks, her boss told a London jury. Fabiana Abdel-Malek, 36, was in charge of a project limiting what access bank-support staff had to information that could affect...
Nov 22, 2018 | Europe, Regulatory/Topical, United States
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The whistleblower who revealed alleged money laundering involving Danske Bank said on Monday that a major European bank helped process up to $150 billion in suspicious payments, or nearly two-thirds of the transactions under scrutiny....
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