FATF released its first-ever mutual evaluation of Cuba, Deutsche Bank will invest in technology to better prevent money laundering, and more, in this week's roundup.
Visa is calling for an independent and impartial group to oversee reforms at FIFA, Spanish officials accused prominent Madrid priest Jose Luis Montes of laundering millions of euros, and more, in this week's roundup.
Cartels and terrorist organizations may be exploiting South Carolina's MSBs to launder billions of dollars, authorities charged Guatemalan former Vice President Roxana Baldetti with money laundering, and more, in this week's roundup.
Two more Swiss banks reached non-prosecution agreements with the U.S. and agreed to pay penalties for helping Americans evade taxes, U.K. tax officials have been making unscheduled visits to real estate agents to check their AML controls, and more, in this week's roundup.
The U.S. Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Privredna Banka Sarajevo AD, a U.K. report called for the extension of the jurisdiction's Senior Managers Regime to the securities industry, and more, in this week's roundup.
HSBC has agreed to pay Swiss authorities $43 million to settle an AML investigation, Myanmar's economic growth and soaring property values are largely being fueled by heroin trafficking, and more, in this week's roundup.
An expected U.S. settlement with Commerzbank AG could come as soon as next week, roughly $572 million of Moscow-based Bank Rossiya's assets have been blocked in the U.S. since sanctions took effect, and more, in this week's roundup.
The FDIC published a consent order against Tri-State Bank of Memphis, Germany is investigating the Swiss-based private banking division of Coutts for potential violations of tax evasion laws, and more, in this week's roundup.
The EU extended sanctions against Zimbabwe, the OCC disclosed two enforcement actions for AML deficiencies, and more, in this week's roundup.
Tunisia will investigate 256 of its citizens who have secret HSBC accounts in Switzerland, Canada's Supreme Court ruled that lawyers should be exempt from filing STRs on their clients, and more, in this week's roundup.
EU officials are expected to blacklist nine entities and nine individuals for their alleged roles in ongoing insurgency in Ukraine, Al-Shabaab and other terrorist organizations may be using companies in South Africa to transfer funds, and more, in this week's roundup.
Islamic State is using Bitcoin and the Dark Web to recruit and fundraise, European Union leaders are mulling blocking Russia from Swift, and more, in this week's roundup.
North Korea is demanding that South Korea lift sanctions as a condition for bilateral talks, Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov was questioned over his suspected involvement in terrorist financing, and more, in this week's roundup.