Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have successfully convicted six people who participated in a trade-based money laundering (TBML) operation involving expatriates and Saudi citizens. The convictions follow moves last year by the authorities to improve to streamline the Kingdom’s tax and… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the country’s Public Prosecution and its General Customs Authority (GCA) to the effect that they will cooperated to detect and prevent money laundering through its trade system. Trade-based money laundering… Read More ›
Failure to adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) protocols was the most common banking violation that led to substantial fines being imposed on financial institutions last year according to data in Finbold’s Bank Fines Report 2020. The data shows that fines… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s deputy permanent representative of to the UN, Khalid Bin Mohammed Manzalawi, says the country believes in the importance of cooperation to promote transparency between countries to reduce illicit financial flows (IFFs) and is encouraging various UN bodies to… Read More ›