Nov 01 2021
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation this week that for the first time would require trust companies, lawyers, art dealers and others to investigate foreign clients seeking to move money and assets into the American financial system. The proposed law, known as the Enablers Act, would amend the 51-year-old Bank Secrecy Act by …
Oct 30 2021
Government authorities in at least eight countries have announced investigations into the financial activities of some of their most high-profile citizens and institutions as the world begins to react to the Pandora Papers, a globe-spanning investigation of offshore secrecy led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Authorities in the Czech Republic tweeted on Monday that they will …
Oct 29 2021
For six decades, one of Switzerland’s largest fiduciary firms has pledged to protect its clients’ fortunes from tax collectors, family members and others who may try to claim a share. “Think big!” the Fidinam Group says on its website. “We take care of everything else.” One client who thought big – too big, according to Italian prosecutors – was …
Aug 31 2021
A global financial crimes watchdog urged Japan on Monday to improve cooperation between different government agencies as part of efforts to combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism. Responding to the report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Japan’s finance ministry announced a three-year action plan that will include an anti-money laundering inter-agency task …
Aug 31 2021
A specialist court has been created in Dubai to tackle money laundering and other financial crimes. The new court is being set up within the Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal, as part of the emirate’s attempts to enhance the integrity of its financial system. Its creation comes after the United Arab Emirates …
Aug 25 2021
Greater Manchester Police’s Economic Crime Unit of the United Kingdom has conducted a seizing of around $22.25 million after intelligence inquiries found USB sticks with significant amounts of Ethereum (ETH). According to the announcement made by the officials, investigators found $9.5 million worth of ETH, detailing that $12.7 million was found afterwards, without specifying which …
Aug 17 2021
Cyprus’s “golden passport” program is considered a corrupt free-for-all that gave kleptocrats, oligarchs, and criminals access to European citizenship. From Putin crony Oleg Deripaska to fugitive Malaysian fraudster Jho Low of the infamous 1MDB scandal, Cyprus’s willingness to sell citizenship to unsavory people has been a black eye for the European Union as it ramps …
Jul 25 2021
Two decades ago, at a meeting with top business leaders in his oil-rich Central Asian country, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev is famously known to have lost his temper. “I have created opportunities for you,” he said. “And you don’t pay taxes. You take your earnings abroad or buy real estate and luxuries.” Nazarbayev would go …
Mar 01 2018
ICSE 2018 Important dates ICSE 2018 Call for contributions ICSE 2018 – Call for Submissions 40th International Conference on Software Engineering May 27 – June 03, 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden More on: https://www.icse2018.org/ ICSE, the International Conference on Software Engineering, is the premier software engineering conference, providing a forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present …
Mar 01 2018
Pharmaceutical Serialisation and Traceability 2018 is a conference that covers topics such as: Approaching Global Serialisation – An Industry Perspective Industry Anti-Counterfeit Strategies and Regulatory Update Integrating the Update of Tamper Verification Features into the Packing Line From Strategy to Implementation: Serializing for China The Latest Insights from the European Stakeholder Model Life after the …