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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Singapore
      Singapore banks tighten scrutiny of clients after money-laundering scandal

      Customers from China in spotlight as waiting times stretch to four months to open accounts

      A low-angle view of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Switzerland unveils money laundering clampdown

      Alpine country plans to require more disclosure to address reputation as haven for dubious gains

      Karin Keller-Sutter in parliament
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Singapore
      Singapore seeks documents from banks in money laundering probe

      Authorities widen $737mn investigation that has cast scrutiny on financial hub’s embrace of foreign wealth

      Skyscrapers illuminated at dusk in Singapore’s central business district
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Peter Hain
      The time for instituting a new global corruption court is now

      Kleptocrats who rob developing countries need to be held accountable

      A blue sign for the International Criminal Court sits in front of two modern cube buildings
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Panama
      Panama convicts former president of money laundering

      Martinelli’s plan to run for re-election next year in doubt and he also faces bribery charges

    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      United Arab Emirates
      Emirates Gold suspended from UAE and UK bullion markets

      Gulf state has come under greater scrutiny as a hub for money laundering

      A salesperson arranges gold jewelry at a souk in Dubai, UAE
    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      UK property
      Mystery Mayfair property deals show gaps in UK transparency drive

      Some MPs are pushing for more information about the overseas entities that own British assets

      77 Grosvenor Street
    • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
      Casey Michel
      Now the UK is finally tackling ‘Londongrad’, it’s time the US upped its game

      Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Westminster is at long last stemming the flows of illicit wealth into Britain’s capital

      The City of London. The UK’s forthcoming economic crime and corporate transparency bill will mean the days of cartoon characters’ names masking duplicitous companies should be behind us
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Clamping down on Russia’s sanctions evasion

      Western leaders need to get tougher on offshore secrecy jurisdictions

      A woman uses a telescope at shipping port
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Lebanon
      France issues arrest warrant for Lebanon central bank chief

      Riad Salameh failed to appear before Paris investigators over corruption and money-laundering

      Riad Salameh speaks at a press conference
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Jemima Kelly
      Using crypto for crime is not a bug — it’s an industry feature

      Despite last year’s market downturn, it was a record period for crypto-based illicit transactions

      Illustration of a figure wearing a grey hoodie and a burglar’s mask in the design of crypto
    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      InterviewPanama
      Panama expects to escape watchdog’s money laundering ‘grey list’ this year

      Central American nation has been under international intense pressure to clean up financial system

      President Laurentino Cortizo speaks at an event
    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Russia
      Fugitive businessman wanted in the US emerges in Russia

      Artem Uss escaped from Italian detention before he could be extradited to America

      Artem Uss
    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Mikhail Fridman
      UK scales back probe into Mikhail Fridman four months after raid in London

      National Crime Agency drops two of three lines of inquiry against sanctions-hit Russian billionaire after his arrest in December

      Mikhail Fridman
    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      UK crime
      Britain risks becoming ‘haven for fraudsters’, MPs warn

      Home Office slammed as ‘sluggish and outmanoeuvred’ on launch of new economic crime plan

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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Germany to ‘follow the money’ with new financial crime agency

      Berlin has been dogged by criticism following the collapse of Wirecard

      The Wirecard headquarters
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Lebanon’s central bank chief in court to face money-laundering allegations

      Riad Salameh for the first time appears in front of European investigators probing the accusations

      Riad Salameh speaks in an interview
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Financial fraud
      Exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui arrested on US fraud charges

      Prosecutors allege he ‘led a complex conspiracy’ to bilk online followers out of more than $1bn

      Guo Wengui
    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      White collar crime
      Small UK companies set to be excluded from anti-fraud legislation

      MPs and anti-corruption campaigners criticise plans to limit scope of new ‘failure to prevent’ offence

      A woman using a laptop as she holds a bank card
    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Vladimir Putin
      Swiss prosecutors charge four bankers with helping to hide Putin’s millions

      Employees of Gazprombank’s subsidiary accused of helping Kremlin-connected figure open accounts

      Vladimir Putin
    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      African economy
      South Africa and Nigeria put on anti-money laundering ‘grey list’

      Global watchdog says Africa’s two biggest economies need to do more to fight financial crime

      A vendor shows old and newly introduced Nigerian Naira banknotes in a market in Lagos
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      FT’s top stories on Wagner
      Russian warlord passed UK money laundering checks with mother’s utility bill

      Law firm relied on gas invoice when scrutinising Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin as prospective client

      Yevgeny Prigozhin
    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Barclays PLC
      Barclays probed by UK regulator over anti-money laundering systems

      FCA review is latest problem for lender that has struggled with compliance missteps in recent years

      Pedestrians pass a Barclays bank in Chelmsford,  England
    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Tax evasion and avoidance
      Thousands of offshore companies miss UK property register deadline

      List set up to tackle estimated £100bn of illicit financing often channelled through British real estate

      London skyline
    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      News in-depthGambling industry
      Fall of Asia’s gambling kingpin augurs change for Macau industry

      Alvin Chau’s jailing comes as Beijing cracks down on money laundering and capital flight

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