The Basel Institute on Governance has published its independent annual ranking that assesses the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) around the world. Since 2012 the Basel AML Index has provided risk scores based on data from 18… Read More ›
Nearly a decade after the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) introduced requirements for National Risk Assessments (NRAs) of money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) risks, the international community is at the right point to review the past 10 years and… Read More ›
The son of Mozambique’s ex-president and 18 others have gone on trial over a corruption scandal that allegedly used three state-owned companies to take on US$2 billion of debt in what has become known as the “hidden debt” affair. Extensive… Read More ›
International efforts to monitor flows of cash into Afghanistan following its takeover by the Taliban are underway as the new Afghan government must search for financial lifelines now that international funds are cut off. What role trade-based financial crime will play… Read More ›
Today marks the launch of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network), a major international operational network for information exchange between anti-corruption law enforcement authorities. The initiative was developed in partnership with the G20 countries and… Read More ›
Transparency International (TI) says it believes that the High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI) would do well by prioritising three key reforms to address what it describes as the pernicious… Read More ›