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Midweek Roundup: Dutch Bankers Avoid AML Charges, Syrian Cash Airlifted to Moscow, and More

Dutch prosecutors dropped their cases against Ralph Hamers, a former chief executive of ING, and four executives at ABN AMRO after investigators did not find enough evidence to hold them criminally liable for systemic anti-money laundering violations that triggered record penalties against both lenders in 2018, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Syria's central bank airlifted around $250 million in cash to Russia in 2018 and 2019 after now-deposed President Bashar Assad became heavily indebted to the Kremlin for supporting his regime militarily and his relatives began secretly buying luxury properties in Moscow, the Financial Times reported. More Bank of America did...

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