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COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) - Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) money laundering scandal spread on Friday to Britain where the National Crime Agency (NCA) said it is investigating the use of UK-registered companies.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg is among EU states that have urged caution in beefing up the bloc’s supervision of banks against money laundering, while Denmark is in favor, an EU official familiar with talks on the matter told Reuters on Friday.
It’s good to see politicians belatedly waking up to the risk of crypto-currencies. British lawmakers are banging the drum for the regulation of Bitcoin, Ethereum and their brethren in order to protect consumers.
President Donald Trump has, at almost every turn, defied experts on Iran policy to take a very aggressive track against Tehran.
SAO PAULO — Brazilian police arrested a fugitive Friday who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah’s financier and who has repeatedly been accused of illegal activity in a lawless border area where three South American nations meet.
The potential costs of Danske Bank A/S’s money-laundering scandal are climbing. How high the bill goes may ultimately depend on the U.S. government.
The Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme in Nigeria was intended to provide a “time-limited opportunity for taxpayers to regularize their tax status relating to previous tax periods” (i.e., the preceding six years of assessment).
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration imposed sanctions against a key Chinese military-research unit for two Russian arms deals, widening the scope of targets as it launches a new phase of Washington’s escalating sanctions campaign against Moscow.
A report written by a United Nations panel of experts has determined that North Korea is evading international sanctions with “seeming impunity,” but a bitter behind-the-scenes battle between Russia and the United States has prevented the report from being made public.
With officials in Denmark announcing a new inquiry into Danske Bank over allegations of money laundering, the nature of some business ties between Russia and the west is once more in the spotlight.