The United States and China agreed on draft resolutions to expand U.N. sanctions against, a Belgian court indicted UBS AG on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, and more, in this week's roundup.
German prosecutors are investigating 2,000 possible instances of tax evasion by clients of UBS AG, MONEYVAL published a report advising Guernsey to increase prosecutions of money laundering, and more, in this week's roundup.
The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted Lebanese telecommunications firm Spectrum Investment Group Holding SAL and its chairman, Brazil's central bank ordered brokerage firm TOV Corretora to shut down for violating CDD rules, and more, in this week's roundup.
Andrea Sharrin has been named associate director of FinCEN's Policy Division, the U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted Colombia-based Los Chatas as narcotics traffickers, and more, in this week's roundup.
Group of Seven members want to bolster oversight over virtual currency firms, an advocacy group said that illicit financial outflows have worsened in Africa, and more, in this week's roundup.
Iran's nuclear chief said that the country is on schedule to meet its commitments under the JCPOA, U.S. Bancorp disclosed that it has entered into a consent order with the OCC, and more, in this week's roundup.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly seeks to rein in the state's banking regulator, Deutsche Bank sets aside over $1.3 billion for compliance-related penalties and litigation, and more, in this week's news roundup.
New York State has received 22 applications for BitLicenses, Brazilian authorities conducted 10 raids and made one arrest in a corruption probe, and more, in this week's roundup.
Canada's Superintendent of Financial Institutions found 72 money-laundering violations at banks between 2009 and 2014, Kenya removed money remitter Dahabshiil Kenya from a sanctions blacklist, and more, in this week's roundup.
Deutsche Bank acknowledged a money-laundering investigation linked to equity trades, Hong Kong fined the State Bank of India nearly $1 million, and more, in this week's news 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.
UniCredit is set to pay millions of euros to German authorities to settle two different tax probes, as much as 25 percent of the funds used in Guatemalan politics originates from drug trafficking and other criminal groups, and more, in this week's roundup.
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