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20 February 2020

Swiss regulator finds serious AML failings at Bank Julius Baer

14 February 2020

90% of UK estate agents rely on instinct to sniff out money laundering

13 February 2020

UK’s NCA secures freezing order over Leeds businessman’s £10.5 million property portfolio

13 February 2020

Money laundering mafia dismantled in the Canary Islands

13 February 2020

Lancashire businessman deported from the US for money laundering

13 February 2020

French court rules that mayor jailed for tax fraud and money laundering is too ill to service his sentence in prison

12 February 2020

Eight EU Member States sent warning by Commission about delays in implementing MLD5

12 February 2020

Investment firm fined HK$3.7 million [about £370,000] by Hong Kong regulator for AML failings

7 February 2020

Former financier jailed for nine months for bribery and money laundering connected to US college admissions scandal

5 February 2020

Ghanaian former finance minister charged with theft and money laundering

5 February 2020

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank fined £475,000 by Jersey’s Royal Court for AML failings

5 February 2020

UK Court of Appeal denies appeal against implementation of first-ever Unexplained Wealth Order

5 February 2020

Two Belgian brothers found guilty in Antwerp of laundering money via their gold refinery

4 February 2020

Man jailed by Caernarfon court for laundering nearly £6 million proceeds from invoicing fraud

4 February 2020

US and Jersey agree to repatriate to Nigeria more than US$300 million stolen by late dictator General Sani Abacha

4 February 2020

Dutch bank ING ordered to pay €30 million to settle Italian money laundering investigation

30 January 2020

NCA recovers property and cash totalling £465,000 from Bradford fraudster and money launderer

29 January 2020

Peruvian oppostion leader remanded in jail again pending trial for corruption and money laundering

28 January 2020

Bank of China pays €3.9 million to French authorities to settle money laundering case

24 January 2020

HMRC uncovers £200 million tax evasion and money laundering scheme in joint operation

24 January 2020

Liverpool money launderer served with confiscation order for £131,000

24 January 2020

Russian bitcoin expert Alexander Vinnik charged in France with extortion and money laundering

23 January 2020

Isabel dos Santos accused of embezzlement and money laundering by Angolan prosecutors

23 January 2020

Transparency International publishes its Corruption Perceptions Index 2019

21 January 2020

Police break up major international money laundering ring in Northern Ireland

20 January 2020

Leader of Greater Manchester armed gang jailed for 21 years for robbery and money laundering

19 January 2020

Online gaming company Blackrock reaches €2.34 million settlement with Maltese authorities in money laundering enquiry

19 January 2020

Dutchman jailed for 100 years in Thailand for money laundering to return to the Netherlands to serve two years instead

16 January 2020

Former Minister of Industry of Barbados found guilty in the US of money laundering US$36,000 of bribes paid to him by an insurance company

13 January 2020

Russian billionaire loses [AML-significant] legal case in Helsinki against Nordic banks

13 January 2020

Former head of world athletics body goes on trial in Paris for corruption and money laundering

8 January 2020

Maltese entrepreneur sues opposition MP over money laundering allegations

6 January 2020

Scottish gangster found dead impaled on railings had laundered money for Russian criminals

2 January 2020

UK’s tax agency reveals nine top criminal cases for 2019

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