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The U.S. plans to use expanded counterterrorism powers to target foreign financial institutions that facilitate terrorist financing, leaders of terrorist groups and those participating in terrorist training over the internet, a U.S. Treasury Department senior official said.
The FBI says a Country Club Hills woman and a 40-year-old man from Chicago are among nearly 300 defendants arrested as part of a massive roundup of individuals accused of sophisticated financial crimes across the United States.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian federal police arrested the son of a former energy minister Friday as part of an investigation into corruption and money laundering involving construction of the huge Belo Monte dam.
LONDON (Reuters) - The global anti-money laundering watchdog is closely monitoring developments on Facebook’s planned Libra cryptocurrency, its new head told Reuters on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing regulatory scrutiny of the project.
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration unveiled new counterterrorism powers on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and imposed sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities allegedly involved with terror groups.
Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled what he claims was a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear weapons facility and accused Tehran of destroying the site to hide the evidence.
The average prison sentence for money-laundering has increased by 8% in the last year, according to new research. The research by Thomson Reuters revealed that average jail time increased to 27 months in 2018, up from 25 months in 2017.
Eight members of a gang which stole £34m in tax money and laundered £87m after selling illicit alcohol have been jailed.
Hamas, a Palestinian militant fundamentalist organization, is listed by the United States and its allies as a terrorist group and has been blacklisted by most western countries in mainstream financial transactions. But Hamas has found a way to fund its operations -- through cryptocurrency.
This is one of those news items that tends to be overlooked by the media amid the so-called silly season, but which will have major repercussions: the People’s Bank of China has announced that after five years in development, it is ready to launch its digital currency, although no date has yet been set.