South Africa: Grey Listed for Not Stopping Money Laundering, Terrorism Funding March 1, 2023 0 5 The Financial Action Task Force has placed South Africa on a list of countries under increased monitoring, commonly known as...
Kenya: MPs Committee to Probe Claims Kenyatta Govt Spent U.S.$430 Million Illegally March 1, 2023 0 3 Nairobi — National Assembly’s Public Petitions Committee is today expected to begin hearing a claim that retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s...
Liberia: Senator Moye Calls for GAC Audit in U.S.$50,000 Diversion Allegation March 1, 2023 0 3 Monrovia — The office of Senator Prince Moye is requesting the General Auditing Commission to investigate a recent discovery made...
Kenya: EACC Seeks Matiangi’s Wealth Records for 2012-2022 in Graft Probe March 1, 2023 0 1 Nairobi — The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has opened an investigation on former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi’s wealth...
Kenya: A Third of Kenya’s Budget Stolen? We Checked Former Senator’s Claim About Much-Travelled Corruption Statistic March 1, 2023 0 3 Have Kenyan government officials been claiming for more than 20 years that a third of the country’s budget is lost...
FinCEN Issues Enforcement Order Against Crypto Exchange Bitzlato in First-Time Use of Section 9714(a) March 1, 2023 0 3 In its first use of Section 9714(a) of the Combating Russian Money Laundering Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...
Russia Sanctions Evasion and Commercial Real Estate: An Alert March 1, 2023 0 1 On January 25, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an “Alert on Potential U.S. Commercial Real Estate Investments by...
Senate and House Judiciary Committees Demand Answers Regarding Indictment of Former High-Ranking FBI Official for Sanctions Conspiracy March 1, 2023 0 1 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York recently unsealed an indictment of Charles McGonigal (“McGonigal”), a...
Russian Citizen Indicted for Making Payments on Behalf of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch March 1, 2023 0 1 Alleged Evasion Through a Law Firm Account and High-End Real Estate On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...
Bank Industry Groups Heavily Criticize FinCEN’s Proposed Rule on Access to Beneficial Ownership Information March 1, 2023 0 1 On February 14, 2023, both the American Bankers Association (“ABA”) and the Bank Policy Institute (“BPI”) submitted comments to the...
Defense lawyer sides with doctor in the Indianapolis’ 10-year-old’s abortion case July 16, 2022 - Updated On July 20, 2022 19