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A review of Canada’s efforts to fight money laundering and terrorism financing received good marks from the International Monetary Fund, though it said more improvement is needed in the country’s legal framework and implementation of its programs.
Over the past 15 years, concerns over the dangerous and corrosive impact of illicit financing have shaped core national security strategies and underscored the importance of defending the integrity of the financial system.
The investigators for Italy’s antidrug unit were used to measuring the flow of hashish from Moroccan fields to European shores one speedboat or Jet Ski at a time.
Leaders of the two sides responsible for mass killings and rapes in the South Sudan conflict have amassed enormous wealth inside and outside the country, at least some of it illegally, according to an investigative report released on Monday by a Washington advocacy group.
South Sudan’s leaders are perfecting the art of the diplomatic bait-and-switch while fighting over the spoils of a resource-rich state, destroying the world’s newest country in the process.
Fifteen years ago, Americans given a glimpse of the future wouldn’t have been surprised to learn that the nation was still observing a day of remembrance for 9/11. But they would likely have been shocked to know the country is still enmeshed in the farther-reaching historical tragedy that 9/11 spawned.
House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday criticized the U.S. payment of $400 million to Iran. Republican members have characterized it as “ransom” for U.S. prisoners released the same day, and they called for more transparency and congressional supervision over the Treasury Department’s judgment fund.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an advisory to help financial institutions guard against a growing number of e-mail fraud schemes in which criminals misappropriate funds by deceiving financial institutions and their customers into conducting wire transfers.
The Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 million in cash sent to Iran in January with two more such shipments in the next 19 days, totaling another $1.3 billion, according to congressional officials briefed by the U.S. State, Treasury and Justice departments.