The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) have launched a three-year support project to improve regional coherent and coordinated responses to illicit financial flows (IFFs). The project aims to ensure that policies and practices… Read More ›
Trafigura Group has revealed that it stands to lose more than half a billion dollars after discovering a “systematic fraud” committed by a group of companies connected to and apparently controlled by Prateek Gupta, including TMT Metals and companies owned… Read More ›
The CEO of Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Twalib Mbarak, has been meeting with US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials at their Washington headquarters. The meetings took place in the context of pressure for US agencies to work… Read More ›
The crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey have put on hold their plans to open up their beneficial ownership registries to the public. The three territories, that are not part of the UK but are self-governing… Read More ›
The decision of the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) that beneficial owners of registered companies can remain anonymous to the general public may hinder the ability of financial institutions seeking to quickly and easily obtain beneficial ownership in the… Read More ›
Companies in several jurisdictions have been sanctioned by the US for facilitating the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum products to buyers in East Asia. This latest tranche of sanctions underlines the determination… Read More ›
The US state department is offering a reward of up to US$10 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of al-Shabaab, the Islamic fundamentalist jihadist group based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. The… Read More ›
Financial institutions in Singapore have been advised by the country’s regulator that they should continue to refer to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement of February 2020 in respect of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran… Read More ›