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      Swiss regulator finds HSBC violated money laundering rules

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    • Friday, 7 June, 2024
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    • Friday, 24 May, 2024
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      UK case centres on one of the biggest bitcoin hauls by a law enforcement agency in the world

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    • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
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      ‘Fresh approach’ needed, party says as it announces measures to tackle kleptocracy and corruption

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    • Monday, 29 April, 2024
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      Tighter rules tend to mean louder protests when those affected feel hard done by

    • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
      Chinese fraud victims seek return of £3bn in bitcoin seized in UK

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    • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
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    • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
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      Zhimin Qian’s spectre loomed over the trial of her ‘carer and assistant’ Jian Wen for money laundering

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      UK gambling company is latest in sector to be targeted for scrutiny by financial crimes unit

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    • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
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      The US art market is a sanctions black hole

      It currently provides an untraceable funding source for blacklisted individuals and entities

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    • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
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      In America, there is finally good news on the anti-money laundering front

      The Biden administration is making a serious and concerted effort to clamp down on the practice

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    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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      Gulf state no longer subject to additional scrutiny by Paris-based Financial Action Task Force

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    • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
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    • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
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      Latvia’s ex-central bank chief sentenced to 6 years’ jail for corruption

      Ilmārs Rimšēvičs guilty of taking bribes and a fishing trip to Russia from a commercial bank

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    • Monday, 18 December, 2023
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      Gatekeepers beware: the new US corporate transparency act could be a game-changer

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    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
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      US authorities say world’s biggest cryptocurrency platform breached money laundering laws

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    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Changes to UK supervision rules ‘risk encouraging money-laundering’

      Accounting bodies warn that most of government’s planned reforms would be counter-productive

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
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