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Money laundering

  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    UK is a ‘leading enabler’ of central Asian kleptocracies, say MPs

    Failure to prosecute money laundering crimes ‘facilitates’ corrupt regimes

    View of City of London, in London, England
  • Friday, 3 November, 2023
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of fraud over FTX collapse

    Jury’s guilty verdict caps stunning downfall of one-time public face of crypto industry

    Sam Bankman-Fried
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    UAE poised to come off financial crime ‘grey list’

    Money laundering task force removes Panama from index and approves Gulf state for inspection on compliance

    Dubai in the UAE
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    US steps up crackdown on illicit activity in crypto markets

    Treasury aims to inject more transparency into opaque ‘crypto mixing’ services following Hamas attack on Israel

    Logos of crypto-mixing service Tornado Cash and the US Department of the Treasury
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Goldman sues Malaysia over 1MDB settlement

    Wall Street bank seeks arbitration in the UK over dispute regarding $2.5bn settlement

    The Goldman Sachs logo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Singapore
    Singapore considers money-laundering checks for luxury cars and handbags

    Single family offices could also face stiffer rules as value of assets under investigation swells to $2bn

    The Merlion statue and financial district skyline in Singapore
  • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
    Revolut Ltd
    Revolut attracts UK watchdog scrutiny over red-flag accounts

    Fintech allegedly let funds flow from accounts restricted by the National Crime Agency

  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Singapore
    Singapore banks tighten scrutiny of clients after money-laundering scandal

    Customers from China in spotlight as waiting times stretch to four months to open accounts

    A low-angle view of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Switzerland unveils money laundering clampdown

    Alpine country plans to require more disclosure to address reputation as haven for dubious gains

    Karin Keller-Sutter in parliament
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Singapore
    Singapore seeks documents from banks in money laundering probe

    Authorities widen $737mn investigation that has cast scrutiny on financial hub’s embrace of foreign wealth

    Skyscrapers illuminated at dusk in Singapore’s central business district
  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Peter Hain
    The time for instituting a new global corruption court is now

    Kleptocrats who rob developing countries need to be held accountable

    A blue sign for the International Criminal Court sits in front of two modern cube buildings
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Panama
    Panama convicts former president of money laundering

    Martinelli’s plan to run for re-election next year in doubt and he also faces bribery charges

  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    United Arab Emirates
    Emirates Gold suspended from UAE and UK bullion markets

    Gulf state has come under greater scrutiny as a hub for money laundering

    A salesperson arranges gold jewelry at a souk in Dubai, UAE
  • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
    UK property
    Mystery Mayfair property deals show gaps in UK transparency drive

    Some MPs are pushing for more information about the overseas entities that own British assets

    77 Grosvenor Street
  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    Casey Michel
    Now the UK is finally tackling ‘Londongrad’, it’s time the US upped its game

    Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Westminster is at long last stemming the flows of illicit wealth into Britain’s capital

    The City of London. The UK’s forthcoming economic crime and corporate transparency bill will mean the days of cartoon characters’ names masking duplicitous companies should be behind us
  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Clamping down on Russia’s sanctions evasion

    Western leaders need to get tougher on offshore secrecy jurisdictions

    A woman uses a telescope at shipping port
  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Lebanon
    France issues arrest warrant for Lebanon central bank chief

    Riad Salameh failed to appear before Paris investigators over corruption and money-laundering

    Riad Salameh speaks at a press conference
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Jemima Kelly
    Using crypto for crime is not a bug — it’s an industry feature

    Despite last year’s market downturn, it was a record period for crypto-based illicit transactions

    Illustration of a figure wearing a grey hoodie and a burglar’s mask in the design of crypto
  • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
    InterviewPanama
    Panama expects to escape watchdog’s money laundering ‘grey list’ this year

    Central American nation has been under international intense pressure to clean up financial system

    President Laurentino Cortizo speaks at an event
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Russia
    Fugitive businessman wanted in the US emerges in Russia

    Artem Uss escaped from Italian detention before he could be extradited to America

    Artem Uss
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Mikhail Fridman
    UK scales back probe into Mikhail Fridman four months after raid in London

    National Crime Agency drops two of three lines of inquiry against sanctions-hit Russian billionaire after his arrest in December

    Mikhail Fridman
  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    UK crime
    Britain risks becoming ‘haven for fraudsters’, MPs warn

    Home Office slammed as ‘sluggish and outmanoeuvred’ on launch of new economic crime plan

    Laptop keyboard
  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Germany to ‘follow the money’ with new financial crime agency

    Berlin has been dogged by criticism following the collapse of Wirecard

    The Wirecard headquarters
  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Lebanon’s central bank chief in court to face money-laundering allegations

    Riad Salameh for the first time appears in front of European investigators probing the accusations

    Riad Salameh speaks in an interview
  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Financial fraud
    Exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui arrested on US fraud charges

    Prosecutors allege he ‘led a complex conspiracy’ to bilk online followers out of more than $1bn

    Guo Wengui
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