Reported by: U.S. Attorneys » Eastern District of New York A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Andrii Derkach with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Acts (IEEPA), bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and four counts of money laundering in connection with the purchase and maintenance of […]

Reported by: AFP – Agence France Presse Dutch prosecutors are probing Rabobank for contravening anti-terror financing and money laundering legislation, the Netherlands’ second-largest money-lender announced on Wednesday. Rabobank’s announcement followed a Dutch Central Bank (DNB) civil probe ending last year in a half-a-million euro fine against the bank, as well as a recommendation that a […]

Reported by: Guardian staff and agencies A former Miami congressman who signed a $50m consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government was arrested on Monday on charges of money laundering and representing a foreign government without registering. David Rivera, a Republican who served in the US House from 2011 to 2013, was arrested at Atlanta’s airport, authorities said. […]

Reported by the FACT Coalition The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition applauds today’s announcement by Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to the President, of the Biden Administration’s “full support” for the Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act. The ENABLERS Act would close dangerous loopholes in the U.S. anti-money […]

Reported by: Samantha-Jo Roth, Congressional Reporter A bipartisan group of senators is working to attach major marijuanalegislation to “must-pass” year-end defense legislation expected on the floor later this week.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have been working with Republican Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to […]

Reported by: David Gauthier-Villars French prosecutors said on Monday they have put a Ukrainian woman linked to the governor of Lebanon’s central bank under formal investigation as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud to the detriment of the Lebanese state. Anna Kosakova, with whom central bank governor Riad Salameh has a daughter, according […]