The lead author of the US’ anti-money laundering (AML) act of 2020, senator Sheldon Whitehouse, is urging the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to strengthen its standards for countries to gather important data in the fight against money laundering. The… Read More ›

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Alarm sounded over TBML and failures to conduct financial investigations in African environmental crimes
Tanzanian authorities failed to undertake financial investigations in a major case concerning wildlife poaching while illicit actors in Madagascar’s lucrative vanilla trade are turning to trade-based money laundering (TBML) says the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GITOC). No financial… Read More ›