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29 May 2019

UK’s NCA secures UWOs on three London residential properties bought for £80 million

28 May 2019

Estonian regulator revokes licence of payment services company for AML failings

23 May 2019

Former head of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency found guilty of money laundering

22 May 2019

German regulator orders online bank N26 to improve AML controls

21 May 2019

al-Assad family money forfeited in London

20 May 2019

Money laundering gambler caught out by dye-stained cash

17 May 2019

Former Led Zeppelin roadie jailed in Guernsey for money laundering

17 May 2019

Spanish police find a cash fortune inside a van teetering on the brink of an abyss

15 May 2019

Athens hospital director and wife found guilty of money laundering

13 May 2019

New Jersey chiropractor jailed for five years for tax evasion and fifteen more years for money laundering

12 May 2019

Hampshire Lotto winner ordered to hand over assets as part of money laundering investigation

10 May 2019

Denmark’s former top financial regulator charged over money laundering at Danske Bank

10 May 2019

Dublin stockbroker Campbell O’Connor fined €280,000 for AML failings

9 May 2019

Authorities in Spain dismantle €9 million crypto-laundering ring

7 May 2019

Thomas Borgen, former CEO of Danske Bank, charged in Denmark over money laundering scandal

7 May 2019

Two TSB bankers and accountant jailed in London for fraud and money laundering

2 May 2019

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik charged in India with money laundering

1 May 2019

Canadian casino employee blows whistle on Chinese money laundering in 1990s

30 April 2019

New York rabbi convicted for money laundering is given a lenient sentence thanks to his “selfless life”

25 April 2019

Swedbank admits multiple AML failings

24 April 2019

Convicted money launderer ordered to hand over £1.5 million cash found in his luggage at Stansted Airport

24 April 2019

Belgian football association raided in money laundering investigation

24 April 2019

Former president of Barcelona football club cleared of money laundering

23 April 2019

Money laundering charges dropped against Guernsey MLRO

22 April 2019

Italian owner of Malta-based e-gaming company charged with money laundering

20 April 2019

Ousted Sudan president under investigation for money laundering after cash hoard found

12 April 2019

€70 million of assets seized in Hungarian investigation into VAT fraud and money laundering

9 April 2019

Standard Chartered ordered to pay US$639 million for breaching US sanctions, and £102 million for UK AML failings

9 April 2019

Cornish couple given prison sentences for drug supply and money laundering

9 April 2019

Hacker from Russian crime group jailed in the UK for global cyber-blackmail conspiracy and money laundering

5 April 2019

FCA head of enforcement pledges to use criminal powers to tackle money laundering

5 April 2019

US ex-Congressman’s Russian bank loses licence thanks to money laundering allegations

4 April 2019

Sinaloa cartel member pleads guilty in California to laundering US$13 million of drug proceeds

29 March 2019

Wife of South Africa’s ambassador to Germany found guilty of fraud and money laundering

29 March 2019

Man jailed in Leeds for identify fraud and money laundering

28 March 2019

Money launderer for Mexican Juarez drug cartel jailed for eighteen years in the US

27 March 2019

Swedish authorities widen Swedbank enquiry to include suspected fraud and money laundering

27 March 2019

Kazakh bank files case in New York alleging that property developer Felix Sater laundered stolen money through Trump properties

26 March 2019

Two California parents charged with money laundering in connection with college admissions fraud

21 March 2019

Essex couple given jail sentences for laundering the proceeds of fraud

21 March 2019

London man found guilty in Guernsey of attempting to launder £153,200 in cash

20 March 2019

European Commission president Juncker criticised for dismissing money laundering concerns about freeports

19 March 2019

Institutional investors from 19 countries sue Danske Bank for US$475 million damages over money laundering scandal

18 March 2019

Danske Bank executive board members waive 2018 bonuses as a result of money laundering scandal

16 March 2019

Dutch bank ING barred from taking on new clients in Italy thanks to AML concerns

15 March 2019

Irish police smash “money laundering empire” in Limerick

13 March 2019

Gang of seven jailed in London for laundering £1.5 million via Santander accounts

12 March 2019

US Federal Reserve permanently bars two former Goldman Sachs bankers for involvement in 1MDB money laundering

12 March 2019

UK uber-supervisor OPBAS publishes review of AML supervisory regime

7 March 2019

Former CEO of Tanzanian Bank M charged with fraud and money laundering

7 March 2019

Swedish financial regulator admits past failings in AML supervision

7 March 2019

Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax fraud and bank fraud and must pay US$24 million in restitution

6 March 2019

Norfolk builder jailed for four years for fraud and money laundering

5 March 2019

Lithuania hit by allegations of a “Troika laundromat”

4 March 2019

UK estate agency Countrywide fined £215,000 for AML failings

2 March 2019

CFO of mobile banking app Revolut resigns amid money laundering concerns

1 March 2019

Funds of Mexican state university prozen pending money laundering investigation

28 February 2019

UK’s new NECC co-ordinates “day of action” against 95 bank accounts suspected of money laundering

27 February 2019

Swedish prosecutors launch money laundering investigation into Swedbank

25 February 2019

UK’s OFSI imposes first financial penalty for breach of a financial sanction

21 February 2019

British spin doctor to former Malaysian PM charged with money laundering

20 February 2019

UBS ordered to pay 4.5 billion euros in fines and damages by French court for facilitating tax evasion by French clients and money laundering

19 February 2019

Estonian banking regulator orders Danske Bank to close its branch after money laundering scandal

18 February 2019

China-based stockbroking firm fined HK$15.2 million for AML failings

18 February 2019

Scottish man jailed for committing £180,000 VAT fraud to pay previous confiscation order for forgery offences

18 February 2019

Prolific UK money launderer caught after failed auction house fraud attempt

15 February 2019

Boss of South African communications regulatory body jailed for twenty years for fraud and money laundering

13 February 2019

European Commission adopts new list of 23 jurisdictions with weak AML/CFT regimes

12 February 2019

RCMP dismantles major money laundering network

12 February 2019

El Chapo found guilty in the US on ten drug, firearms and money laundering charges

12 February 2019

Rabobank fined one million euros for AML failings

11 February 2019

Guernsey financial controller found guilty of money laundering

8 February 2019

“Cash for crash” fraudster admits money laundering

7 February 2019

Swiss close money laundering investigation into Teddy Obiang with sell-off of twenty-five luxury cars

7 February 2019

High-living student son of corrupt ex-PM of Moldova forced to hand over £466,321.72 to the UK’s National Crime Agency

7 February 2019

US political activist linked to Russian agent charged with fraud and money laundering

6 February 2019

Maldives former president Abdulla Yameen charged with theft, corruption and money laundering

6 February 2019

Crime boss (and money launderer) Terry Adams pays £46,258 in costs to avoid going back to prison

4 February 2019

California banker jailed for two years for money laundering

1 February 2019

Danske Bank to spend two billion euros on “AML improvement efforts”

31 January 2019

Investigator with South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation jailed for fraud and money laundering

30 January 2019

Indian court sentences four people to seven years’ “rigorous imprisonment” for drug money laundering

29 January 2019

Transparency International publishes its Corruption Perceptions Index 2018

28 January 2019

US charges Chinese telecoms firm Huawei and its CFO with fraud and money laundering

25 January 2019

Former Westminster Council officer jailed for pension fund fraud and money laundering

25 January 2019

Teesside drugs boss given four-year prison sentence for money laundering

23 January 2019

Senior Bulgarian opposition politician charged with money laundering

22 January 2019

Danske Bank faces shareholder action over money laundering scandal

21 January 2019

Former UBS worker found guilty of money laundering in data theft case

19 January 2019

Kenyan police smash currency counterfeiting and money laundering ring

18 January 2019

Pennsylvania former judge pleads guilty to extortion and money laundering

17 January 2019

Armenian former minister of nature protection charged with money laundering

16 January 2019

UK National Crime Agency recovers £1.7 million proceeds of crime from drug and money laundering gang

16 January 2019

Two Northumberland men jailed for fraud and money laundering involving eighty fake bank accounts

14 January 2019

National Crime Agency seizes million-pound diamond ring linked to UK’s first UWO

14 January 2019

UK launches task force to tackle dirty money

14 January 2019

Investigation reveals that criminals use online game Fortnite for money laundering

11 January 2019

Two Sheffield men jailed for funding Jihadists in Syria

10 January 2019

Filipina banker found guilty of money laundering in connection with US$81 million Bangladesh cyber-theft

8 January 2019

Former Premier League footballer Sam Sodje goes on trial at the Old Bailey for money laundering

4 January 2019

London lawyer fined £45,000 for AML failings around Panama Papers case

4 January 2019

Cheshire solicitor jailed for seven years for laundering criminal proceeds through his conveyancing services

4 January 2019

Three former Credit Suisse bankers arrested in London on suspicion of fraud and money laundering

3 January 2019

Israeli supermodel and parents to be charged with tax evasion, perjury and money laundering

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