Difficulties associated with tracing illicit gold flows and the large number of actors involved in gold smuggling have contributed to a crisis with limited chances to even engage in efforts to address the issue of illicit financial flows (IFFs) from… Read More ›
Alleged financier to embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Alex Saab, has been charged in an indictment with laundering the proceeds of violations of the US’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take… Read More ›
The US’ Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has published and submitted to Congress its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Volume II contains a country-by-country analysis of money laundering typologies used to transfer the illegal proceeds… Read More ›
Colombian businessman Alex Saab has been arrested whilst the private jet he was flying in was refuelling in the African island republic of Cape Verde. His arrest may well concern an ally of his, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, because investigators… Read More ›