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Businessman appears in US court on PDVSA-linked money laundering charges June 25, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A businessman made an initial appearance in Miami federal court Wednesday on charges he had laundered the proceeds of inflated contracts obtained by making bribe payments to officials of Venezuela’s state-run ... (more story)

Bank Caceis UK to pay millions over WealthTek failings, says UK regulator June 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Asset servicing bank Caceis UK has been censured and will pay £31.7 million to the clients of collapsed wealth manager WealthTek over compliance failures, following UK regulatory action on Thursday.

Lawyers detail efforts to dismiss Adani US fraud case June 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Lawyers for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and two others held months of “detailed and extensive communications and meetings” with the US Justice Department urging prosecutors to dismiss criminal charges in a... (more story)

Prince Group ‘second-in-command’ sanctioned by US after reported arrest in Japan June 23, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Hu Xiowei, the reputed “second-in-command” of the Prince Group conglomerate, was sanctioned Tuesday by the US government days after he was reportedly arrested by Japanese authorities. Separately, the US govern... (more story)

EU weighs next steps for Apple, Booking, Google, Microsoft over financial scams June 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Apple, Google and Microsoft — as well as the accommodation platform Booking — could face further scrutiny from the European Commission over how they tackle online financial scams under the Digital Services Act... (more story)

Community bankers ask US officials to provide more AI regulatory clarity June 22, 2026 | Neil Roland

Community bankers asked US policymakers to provide more regulatory clarity on artificial intelligence to help the firms cope with fraud turbocharged by AI use, a US Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City paper sa... (more story)

UK fraud agency opens telecom fraud probe in conjunction with Manhattan DA June 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld

Collapsed UK telecom company Internet Mobile Communications faces a UK fraud agency probe into suspected fraud, false accounting and money laundering. The investigation was made public as local prosecutors in ... (more story)

London Mining linked former executives see UK fraud agency costs application refused June 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Two former executives linked to London Mining, whose bribery prosecutions were abandoned, have lost a bid to claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal costs from the UK fraud agency. The pair had claimed ... (more story)

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EU court ruling may limit reach of US sanctions June 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle

After the US imposed sanctions on a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court, she said late last year that she had lost access to her credit cards, and Amazon’s Alexa service had stopped responding t... (more story)

Nigerian ex-minister’s bribery trial acquittal holds lessons for UK prosecutors June 18, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Wednesday's acquittal of former Nigerian oil minister and OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke over accusations that she took bribes for oil contracts meant a dark day for prosecutors at the UK's National Cri... (more story)

‘Putney Pusher’ likely to face UK regulatory sanction if he is a banker June 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Sofia Gerace

If the man suspected of being the so-called Putney Pusher turns out to be a banker, he will face a ban from the UK’s financial service industry if convicted — even though the alleged offense occurred long befo... (more story)

France’s ‘legal privilege’ law sets up clash with competition enforcement May 15, 2026 | Jean Comte

A new French law that grants confidentiality to certain documents drafted by in-house lawyers is out of favor with the national competition authority over an apparent conflict with EU law — and the regulator s... (more story)

Ultra deal shows firms can slash UK bribery fines despite cooperation hitches May 07, 2026 | Martin Coyle

A £15 million settlement struck by Ultra Electronics to ward off a bribery prosecution demonstrates that companies can still get significantly reduced penalties through the UK's rarely used deferred prosecutio... (more story)

Looming plea-deal vote casts cloud over French corporate crime enforcement April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s most dependable enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system. If they vote through the cha... (more story)

Latvia eyeing proportionate money laundering regime, watchdog head says April 15, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Eight years after Latvia's major money laundering scandal, the challenge is ensuring tough banking reforms are adhered to without stifling activity in the sector, the head of the country's central authority fo... (more story)

Trial of alleged BTC-e operator faces threat of additional delays in California March 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

Despite a new US executive order directing the Department of Justice to move “swiftly, deliberately, and proactively” to disable cyberthreats and prosecute cybercriminals, the chronically delayed trial of alle... (more story)