Tough law enforcement used by EU countries to tackle easier to detect types of financial crime may be fuelling trade-based money laundering (TBML), according to research published in the journal, Applied Economics. Estimates of Trade Based Money Laundering within the European… Read More ›
Lax supply chain due diligence and a lack of beneficial ownership transparency are amongst factors allowing one-fifth of the global fisheries market to be captured by operators involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a new report from the… Read More ›
Gazprombank could be a prime target in a new batch of European Union (EU) sanctions on Russia expected in response to Moscow’s mobilisation decree to conscript 300,000 reservists into the Russian army and referendums in areas the union sees as… Read More ›
An analysis by consultants at Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) of anti-money laundering (AML) trends and challenges has identified trade-based money laundering (TBML) and the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) as two of the four money laundering typologies that have recently received… Read More ›
Italian police have broken up a complex money laundering operation and an illegal metal recycling business that had enabled criminals to transfer huge amounts of illicit cash between Italy and China according to the Reuters news agency. The report follows… Read More ›
The Georgian authorities are being urged to strengthen measures to better understand the risks of trade-based money laundering (TBML), including its use in the financing of terrorism in a new report published by the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body…. Read More ›
Europe and Africa must address the issue of illicit financial flows (IFFs) and prioritise the delivery of greater domestic resource mobilisation so that public resources can be invested in public services according to the directors of the European Think Tanks… Read More ›
Kleptocrats regularly exploit Europe’s financial system according to a policy brief published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Over recent years, the brief says dozens of money laundering schemes linked to corrupt, abusive regimes have come to light… Read More ›