A radical iman’s son jailed for money laundering; the EU may stop Vanuatu's visa waivers over laundering risks; and AUSTRAC probes further into casino’s AML failures.
This week: a Swedish ex-banking CEO charged with fraud; a former Mexican political leader jailed on sex recruiting charges; and a gang of Twitch scammers arrested in Turkey.
The FATF Annual Report 2020/21 is now available to download. If you don’t have time to read it, here’s our quick summary loaded with all you need to know.
Ex-Olympian allegedly duped a Covid relief fund out of millions; suspicious financial flows from Hockey India; and an Argentinian footballer accused of laundering.
Corrupt officials aren’t taking time off this festive season, as a former DEA agent is jailed for money laundering and other offences involving a Columbian drug cartel.
We teamed up with RegTech Associates for a webinar on AML and the role of AI in advancing the efficiency of the AML industry in detecting criminal typologies.
INTERPOL intercepts millions in illicit financial flows, Australian police arrest more in Taskforce Ironside investigations, and El Chapo’s wife accepts jail time.
Napier Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Janet Bastiman, appeared on a panel at the annual AMLP conference looking at today’s biggest AML and financial crime risks.
We talk to Che Sidanius, Global Head of Financial Crime and Industry Affairs at Refinitiv, about green crime and how the AML industry could better tackle it.
Napier has been ranked as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the UK on the 2022 Deloitte Fast 50 list, in recognition of our growth over the last four years.
This week was a mix of financial crime and fintech news, including DR Congo’s ex-president being implicated of money laundering by Africa’s biggest data leak.
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