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NEWS: Extradited Italian mobster offers up his private island in Dubai for lenient sentence

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'TAIWAN': Our photo shows islands in the shape of countries and continents are seen on The World Islands is located approximately 4 km (2.5 miles) off the coast of Jumeirah. The collection of man-made islands are shaped into the continents of the world, and consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands, according to the development company.

INSIGHT: We asked four world-leading financial crime experts who should be AMLA chair – here’s what they said

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NEWS: Gazprombank, third largest lender in Russia, among 50 banks hit with new US sanctions

A major Italian drug trafficker has offered to hand over his private tropical island he bought in Dubai for a reduced his jail sentence. Raffaele Imperiale (49) bought the island, which is part of the “World” constellation of islands off the coast of Dubai, while on the run from Italian police. Extradited to Italy last…

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INSIGHT: We asked four world-leading financial crime experts who should be AMLA chair – here’s what they said

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NEWS: Canada’s TD Bank names insider Michelle Myers as global chief auditor amid regulatory glare

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NEWS: Gazprombank, third largest lender in Russia, among 50 banks hit with new US sanctions

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    US Department of Justice

    An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Northern District of Texas charging two co-founders of Blueacorn, a lender service provider, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief money guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

  • SEC Charges Three Broker-Dealers with Filing Deficient Suspicious Activity Reports

    SEC

    Washington D.C., Nov. 22, 2024 —
    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that broker-dealers Webull Financial LLC, Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC, and Paulson Investment Company, LLC have agreed to settle charges that they filed with law enforcement suspicious activity reports (SARs) that failed to include important, required information. The three broker-dealers agreed to pay $275,000 combined in civil penalties to settle the SEC’s charges.

  • Financial sanctions update: Frozen Assets Reporting 2024

    OFSI

    OFSI is conducting its Frozen Asset Review. If you hold or control funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held, or controlled by a designated person, you are required to submit a report to HM Treasury's OFSI by the extended deadline of Monday 25 November 2024.

    This email is a final reminder that you are required to report the value of all assets as they stood at close of business on Monday 30 September 2024.

    Your report must include details of all funds or economic resources frozen in the UK and overseas, where these funds or economic resources are subject to UK financial sanctions legislation.

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