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🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Behind the Banking Convention

The 89th Banking Convention organized by the Association of Banks of Mexico ended positively, with financial authorities addressing various issues and fostering dialogue with legislators regarding the banking sector's operations.

Mar 23 • 09:03 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Vorcaro's brother-in-law made a R$ 48.5 million investment in a company used to pay a hitman

Fabiano Zettel, brother-in-law of banker Daniel Vorcaro, invested R$ 48.5 million in a company implicated in financial crimes and money laundering connected to Vorcaro's militia activities.

Mar 23 • 07:00 UTC
🌍 RFI Afrique (FR)
National & Local

DRC: Seizure of suitcases containing two million dollars at Kinshasa airport

Security forces seized nearly two million dollars in cash hidden in two suitcases at Kinshasa's Ndjili International Airport, prompting an investigation into the origins of the money.

Mar 23 • 03:17 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Crime & Justice

For the DEA, the Uruguayan Sebastián Marset is the 'Pablo Escobar of the modern era'

Sebastián Marset, a Uruguayan drug trafficker, was denied bail and is facing charges of drug trafficking and money laundering in the US after his arrest in Bolivia.

Mar 23 • 03:01 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Preventive detention for 9 involved in alleged money laundering network that would have moved more than $1.7 billion through companies

A judge in Ecuador has ordered preventive detention for nine individuals accused of being part of a money laundering operation linked to over $1.7 billion in illicit transactions.

Mar 23 • 01:43 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Yategate: the appraisal of the assets of Martín Insaurralde, Jésica Cirio, and Sofía Clerici has begun

Federal justice has commenced the appraisal of assets belonging to former Lomas de Zamora mayor Martín Insaurralde, his ex-wife Jésica Cirio, and model Sofía Clerici as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.

Mar 22 • 20:16 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Prosecutor's Office requests the removal of vice-governor from PT and intensifies political crisis in Maranhão

The Maranhão Prosecutor's Office has requested the suspension of Vice-Governor Felipe Camarão over alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme and other financial irregularities.

Mar 22 • 17:26 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Money laundering in charcoal and operation against illegal quartz extraction: see the most read of the week

The article highlights the week's most-read news including a money laundering scheme related to charcoal and operations against illegal quartz extraction in Northern Minas.

Mar 22 • 13:36 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

DEOS Has Started Working: The New Force of AADE with Access to Everything

A new financial control agency, DEOS, has been established in Greece to combat various forms of economic crime, including smuggling and money laundering.

Mar 22 • 06:24 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Four people are arrested with R$ 2.7 million in cash in a bank branch in Recife

Four individuals were arrested in Recife on suspicion of money laundering, with R$ 2.73 million in cash seized by federal authorities.

Mar 21 • 20:57 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Travels to Medellín, Bogotá, Cartagena, and Cali: cash transfers by 'Fito's' family to Colombia and their links to organized crime

The Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office has uncovered a pattern of cash-funded trips by the family of Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias 'Fito', to various Colombian cities, indicating links to organized crime.

Mar 21 • 16:13 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

EVELYN LIIVAMÄGI ⟩ Preventing crime is in the interest of society as a whole – we are far from total surveillance

Evelyn Liivamägi, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance, expresses growing concerns about the fight against money laundering in a recent interview.

Mar 21 • 11:00 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
Crime & Justice

US court sentences Nigerian to 90 months for $1.2 million wire fraud

A Nigerian national, James Junior Aliyu, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison by a US court for his involvement in a wire fraud and money laundering scheme.

Mar 21 • 08:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Wives were used to launder drug trafficking money from a faction in MT, says police

Police in Brazil report that the wives of key suspects in a drug trafficking operation used their bank accounts to launder approximately R$ 54 million between 2022 and 2024.

Mar 21 • 01:15 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
National & Local

Delmastro Case, "The restaurant used for money laundering": Caroccia and daughter under investigation

Prosecutors have opened an investigation into Le 5 Forchette Srl, previously owned by government officials, regarding money laundering and mafia connections, implicating Miriam Caroccia and her father.

Mar 20 • 23:00 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

The trail of Lafattoria: from suppliers to the State to being part of a supposed money laundering network of over $1.7 billion linked to Los Choneros

Lafattoria, a company that supplied food to Ecuadorian prisons for over a decade, is now implicated in a massive money laundering scheme allegedly connected to Los Choneros.

Mar 20 • 21:35 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Lobo Medina and the Controversial Chats with Toviggino's Old Right-Hand Man: A Referee with a History of Controversial Decisions and Suspicions

Luis Lobo Medina, a referee known for his controversial decisions, is embroiled in a scandal involving leaked chats with an official linked to an ongoing money laundering investigation.

Mar 20 • 20:17 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Polish Citizen Subjected to U.S. Sanctions; Accused of Funding Hezbollah

The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on ten individuals and entities, including a Polish citizen, accused of funding Hezbollah as part of a broader crackdown on money laundering and arms trading.

Mar 20 • 20:12 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

How much cash can be withdrawn without tax controls

Citizens in Italy can withdraw unlimited cash from ATMs and banks, but must adhere to anti-money laundering regulations that limit cash transactions to 10,000 euros per month.

Mar 20 • 17:08 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

This is how a network linked to Los Choneros moved more than $1.6 billion between service companies, according to the Interior Minister

Authorities in Ecuador have dismantled a criminal network associated with Los Choneros that was responsible for laundering over $1.6 billion.

Mar 20 • 14:43 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

How a network linked to Los Choneros allegedly moved over $1.6 billion between companies, according to the Interior Minister

Ecuadorian authorities dismantled a network linked to the criminal organization Los Choneros that allegedly moved over $1.6 billion in the financial system, utilizing the state of emergency to carry out arrests.

Mar 20 • 14:43 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
Crime & Justice

Justice raids AFA offices in Ezeiza and Viamonte over the Pilar mansion case and funds managed by Faroni

Federal judge Adrián González Charvay ordered raids at the AFA offices in Ezeiza and Viamonte amidst investigations into potential money laundering linked to the AFA treasurer and external fund management.

Mar 20 • 14:09 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Operation against faction that moved R$ 54 million arrests 10 people in MT and other states

Ten individuals were arrested in Brazil during a police operation targeting a criminal faction involved in drug trafficking and money laundering activities.

Mar 20 • 13:32 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Leader of criminal organization arrested hidden in underground 'bunker' on farm in the interior of SP

A man identified as the leader of a criminal organization was arrested while hiding in an underground bunker on a farm in Pindorama, São Paulo.

Mar 20 • 13:31 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Two people arrested in operation against drug trafficking and money laundering in southern Bahia

A joint security operation led to the arrest of two individuals and the seizure of assets in Ilhéus, Bahia, and São Paulo, targeting a criminal organization involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.

Mar 20 • 13:21 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
Crime & Justice

Lawyer charged with serious commercial money laundering

A defense attorney in Sweden has been charged with serious commercial money laundering for allegedly allowing his law firm’s client account to process millions in suspect transactions.

Mar 20 • 12:05 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

TÕNIS LOORITS ⟩ The Ministry of Finance is once again misleading the public that the RAB is being supervised

The article discusses the misleading claims by the Estonian Ministry of Finance regarding the oversight of the Money Laundering Data Office (RAB).

Mar 20 • 11:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Court of Justice orders the release of influencer suspected of money laundering from illegal raffles on the internet

A Brazilian court has ordered the release of influencer Diogo 305 after finding excessive delay in the preventive custody process.

Mar 19 • 21:10 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Influencer who promoted Tiger Game sentenced to prison and ordered to pay R$ 1 million

Dheovana França, a digital influencer, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering related to promoting unauthorized gambling platforms.

Mar 19 • 17:54 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Operation against drug trafficking and money laundering arrests 7 people in Pirapora

A police operation in Pirapora, Brazil, led to the arrest of seven individuals involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.

Mar 19 • 17:51 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police executes warrants in MA against group suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering operating in DF

The operation targets a criminal group believed to be involved in drug trafficking and money laundering activities in the Federal District and surrounding areas.

Mar 19 • 17:19 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

Zapatero's friend at Plus Ultra announces he will not appear in the Senate due to 'depression'

Julio Martínez Martínez, linked to the Plus Ultra case and former President Zapatero's financial manager, requests the Senate to postpone his appearance due to health issues following his involvement in a money laundering investigation.

Mar 19 • 15:51 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
Crime & Justice

Beware of this online scam - you could be suspected of money laundering

The police warn about a sophisticated scam method used by criminals to fish for bank identifiers, which may lead victims to unwittingly become involved in money laundering allegations.

Mar 19 • 15:51 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Former aide of Flávio Bolsonaro accused of laundering money for militia son

A former aide to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro has been charged with participating in the money laundering operations of his son, a militia leader who was killed in 2022.

Mar 19 • 15:44 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

MP charges federal deputy for money laundering in Adriano da Nóbrega scheme

The Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro has charged federal deputy Rogério Teixeira Júnior in connection with a money laundering scheme linked to the notorious militiaman Adriano da Nóbrega.

Mar 19 • 15:18 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

KALEV KORV: A tool is being created that instills fear in everyone about what the state is capable of

The article discusses concerns regarding state surveillance and the complexities of anti-money laundering measures in Estonia.

Mar 19 • 14:58 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
Crime & Justice

I have no regrets over my actions as minister – Malami

Former Nigerian Attorney-General Abubakar Malami asserts he has no regrets regarding his ministerial actions despite facing serious criminal charges.

Mar 19 • 12:23 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Brazil combats money laundering with an agency of 93 people

In 2024, Brazil's Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf) handled 7.5 million communications related to potential money laundering, producing nearly 19,000 financial intelligence reports with a mere staff of 93.

Mar 19 • 12:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Civil Police of the Federal District fulfills 121 court orders against drug trafficking and money laundering organization with irregular bets

The Civil Police of the Federal District executed 121 court orders in a major crackdown on a criminal organization involved in drug trafficking and money laundering through illegal betting platforms.

Mar 19 • 11:30 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

'Controlling' couple who left elderly parents with just 28p launch appeal against conviction

Gary and Diane Mansell, convicted of fraud and money laundering for exploiting their elderly parents' finances, are appealing their six-year prison sentences.

Mar 19 • 09:16 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Virtual Asset Exchange Established in Myeongdong Office Buildings… Money Laundering Organization Caught Embezzling Phishing Profits

A money laundering organization that colluded with voice phishing groups has been arrested by the police for embezzling criminal profits into virtual assets in Myeongdong.

Mar 19 • 04:52 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Advisor of the Civil House of Pará is dismissed after being arrested by the Federal Police in operation regarding R$ 500,000 withdrawal in Belém

Michel Silva Ribeiro, advisor to the Civil House of Pará, was dismissed following his arrest by the Federal Police tied to a money laundering investigation.

Mar 19 • 03:00 UTC
🇪🇪 ERR
National & Local

The bill would give the right to obtain information about bank account investigations - after five years

Estonia's Ministry of Finance is introducing amendments to a money laundering bill that would require the Financial Intelligence Unit to inform individuals about their bank account data collected after a five-year period.

Mar 19 • 02:49 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Corruption in the AFA: The headquarters of the Directorate of Legal Persons of the province of Buenos Aires was raided

Federal judge Adrián Gonzalez Charvay ordered a raid on the central offices of the Directorate of Legal Persons in Buenos Aires to investigate allegations of money laundering linked to the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

Mar 18 • 20:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Ibaneis' office moved R$ 43 million with suspicious fund, Coaf report indicates; opposition demands investigation

The office of the governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, was involved in suspicious financial transactions amounting to R$ 43 million related to a fund with ties to irregular activities.

Mar 18 • 14:13 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Operation against illegal raffles promoted by digital influencers arrests 4 people in RN; Justice blocks R$ 14.8 million

An operation in Rio Grande do Norte led to the arrest of four individuals involved in illegal raffles promoted by digital influencers, with authorities blocking R$ 14.8 million linked to their activities.

Mar 18 • 14:06 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Federal Police arrests trio in the act after withdrawing R$ 500,000 in Belém, suspected of money laundering with R$ 3.8 million contracts with state agency

Three men were arrested in Belém, Brazil, for withdrawing R$ 500,000 under suspicion of money laundering connected to state contracts.

Mar 18 • 13:52 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Group suspected of smuggling and corruption involving police in MG is the target of an operation

The Federal Police and the Federal Revenue Service launched Operation Iscariotes to investigate a criminal organization involved in smuggling, money laundering, and corruption in Minas Gerais and beyond.

Mar 18 • 13:31 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
World

ARD: Documentary reveals Iranian regime's business activities in Germany

A documentary by ARD uncovers that the Iranian regime continues its business operations legally in Germany despite international sanctions, highlighting a lack of action against money laundering and terrorism financing.

Mar 18 • 12:38 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Federal Police conducts integrated operation against criminal factions targeting drug trafficking and money laundering

The Federal Police of Brazil is executing a large-scale operation across 15 states to combat drug trafficking and money laundering linked to organized crime.

Mar 18 • 10:59 UTC

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