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NEWS: Twelve international FIUs led by US, Germany, Israel and Holland announce task force to target Hamas funds

Premium November 27, 2023

TERROR: Twelve FIUs today announced the establishment of a task force to tackle the funding of Hamas. Our file photo shows Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian meet with Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar last month.

Warning from UBS audit on bank's statements

LATEST: UBS auditor warns over bank’s financial reporting controls

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NEWS: Kuwait pension fund’s $1 billion corruption lawsuit begins in UK court

UK Gambling Commission AML concerns Premium

NEWS: UK Gambling Commission conducted just 8 on-site AML inspections last year

By ALISHA HOULIHAN for AML Intelligence TWELVE international FIUs have set up the so-called “Counter Terrorist Financing Taskforce – Israel (CTFTI)” to target Hamas. In a statement today, US FIU, FinCEN, said the 12 countries had “establishedan international task force immediately following the brutal terror attacks by Hamas against Israel on October 7.” “The purpose…

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Warning from UBS audit on bank's statements

LATEST: UBS auditor warns over bank’s financial reporting controls

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NEWS: Kuwait pension fund’s $1 billion corruption lawsuit begins in UK court

UK Gambling Commission AML concerns Premium

NEWS: UK Gambling Commission conducted just 8 on-site AML inspections last year

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  • BaFin warns consumers about services offered by the company EmexFunding

    BaFin

    The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company EmexFunding and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website emexfunding.com of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.

  • Detecting, Disrupting and Investigating Online Child Sexual Exploitation

    FATF

    Online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) - the use of the internet to carry out or facilitate the sexual exploitation of children - is rapidly becoming a dominant, complex, cyber-enabled, victim-based crime trend. These offences have a devastating, severe and long-lasting consequence on victims and their families. This landmark report draws on case studies and expertise from across the FATF’s Global Network. It aims to provide an updated and more precise understanding of the financial flows behind these heinous crimes and enhance both the private and public sectors’ ability to detect, disrupt and investigate online child sexual exploitation.

  • EFCC Arraigns Woman for Alleged N6.8m Romance Scam in Maiduguri

    EFCC

    The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC,  on Monday, March 17, 2025 arraigned one Catherine Ijeoma Ugwu before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a four -count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, criminal misappropriation and cheating by impersonation to the tune of N6, 815,300.00 (Six Million Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Naira only).

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