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LATEST: New York mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to accepting Turkish bribes in landslide case

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives at federal court for his arraignment after he was charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, in New York City, U.S. September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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NEWS: Just 1% of financial crimes prosecuted – report claims

OPINION: Journalism Matters – Why ‘AML Intelligence’ is backing ‘Choose Truth’ campaign

By Luc Cohen

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of accepting and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish nationals, as the Democrat resists mounting calls from within his own party to resign.

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OPINION: Journalism Matters – Why ‘AML Intelligence’ is backing ‘Choose Truth’ campaign

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  • Florida Financial Advisor Charged with Promoting Illegal Tax Shelter, Stealing Clients’ Funds and Money Laundering

    US Department of Justice

    A federal grand jury in Gulfport, Mississippi, returned an indictment, unsealed yesterday, charging a Florida financial advisor with a years-long scheme to promote and operate an illegal tax shelter, stealing some of his clients’ funds and money laundering. According to the indictment, Stephen T. Mellinger III, of Florida, was a securities broker, financial advisor and insurance salesman. Beginning in late 2013, Mellinger allegedly conspired with several others to defraud the IRS by promoting an illegal tax shelter.

  • OFSI Issues Monetary Penalty Linked to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

    OFSI

    The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has issued a monetary penalty to Integral Concierge Services (ICSL) for breaches of the financial sanctions regime imposed on Russia in response to its illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

    As a result of these breaches, ICSL was given a penalty of £15,000. ICSL did not challenge the penalty and paid in full.

  • Relative of OMCG member is third woman jailed in WA over illicit cash investigation

    Australia Federal Police

    The West Australian sister of an offshore Outlaw Motorcycle Gang member has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of seven and a half months, for possessing more than $800,000 of suspected proceeds of crime. The Seville Grove woman, now aged 36, was sentenced by the Perth District Court on Thursday (26 September, 2024), after previously pleading guilty to one count of possessing stolen or unlawfully obtained money, contrary to section 417 of the Criminal Code Amendment Act 2014 (WA).

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