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BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s central bank said on Wednesday it would strengthen cooperation with countries including European nations to curb cross-border money laundering activities.
The man who claimed to be a self-help guru but actually ran what authorities called a cultlike secret society of “sex slaves” was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking on Wednesday.
Loopholes in U.N. Security Council sanctions procedures are allowing blacklisted al Qaeda and Islamic State terrorists and their supporters to tap their bank accounts despite a U.N. asset freeze, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the matter.
Malaysia’s central bank is strengthening safeguards to avoid a repeat of the 1MDB scandal, Governor Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said in a wide-ranging interview.
SEOUL, South Korea — The last time a Chinese leader visited North Korea — when President Hu Jintao went in 2005 — he and Kim Jong-il, then the North’s leader, kept up a tradition by hugging three times at the airport, their cheeks touching.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said Wednesday there is nothing improper about alleged conversations he had with prosecutors when he was a crusading anti-corruption judge.
Federal authorities are investigating whether Deutsche Bank complied with laws meant to stop money laundering and other crimes, the latest government examination of potential misconduct at one of the world’s largest and most troubled banks, according to seven people familiar with the inquiry.
STOCKHOLM— Swedbank AB late Monday suspended the chief executive and chief financial officer of its Estonian business amid a continuing internal investigation into compliance of money laundering rules at the bank.
Dominic Chappell, the businessman who bought retailer BHS from multi-millionaire Philip Green for £1 in 2015, appeared before a London court on Tuesday charged with tax evasion and money laundering linked to the purchase of two yachts.
ISLAMABAD — Last August, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan came to power after a campaign in which he blasted the country’s two major political dynasties as corrupt and vowed to clean up the graft and money-laundering that had long tainted the ruling elite.