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Trafigura set for Swiss bribery trial over 'Mr Non-Compliant' allegations
Commodities giant Trafigura and a former top executive will face off in a Swiss court on Monday over allegations that five million euros in bribes were paid to an A... (more story)
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UK financial watchdog's hard knocks: Told to get tough but panned when it tries
The UK’s financial markets regulator was accused this week of lawmakers of being incompetent, failing to properly investigate and not following up on whistleblowers... (more story)
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UBS cleared over Bulgarian drug money laundering failures after Swiss appeal
UBS has today been cleared of a Credit Suisse legacy issue that the lender failed to prevent an employee from laundering the proceeds of Bulgarian drug money throug... (more story)
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Commodities giant Trafigura and a former top executive will face off in a Swiss court on Monday over allegations that five million euros in bribes were paid to an Angolan official linked to Sonagol through an ... (more story)
Swiss private lender Banque Lombard Odier & Cie and a former employee have been charged with “aggravated money laundering” connected to Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former Uzbekistan president Islam Karim... (more story)
The UK’s minister for financial services said today that she raised concerns about the Financial Conduct Authority’s “name and shame” plan with the regulator several times. “The messaging around it was dreadfu... (more story)
The UK's financial services watchdog has sought to address criticism that its "name and shame" policy fails to factor in its growth and competitiveness objective. In a consultation published today, it said the... (more story)
The internal whistleblowing policy of the UK Financial Conduct Authority has been strengthened, following backlash against the FCA chair for mishandling a complaint from a whistleblower.
UBS has today been cleared of a Credit Suisse legacy issue that the lender failed to prevent an employee from laundering the proceeds of Bulgarian drug money through the bank. The lender had taken the unwelcom... (more story)
A former Wizz Air executive who made millions of pounds' worth of unauthorized trades in the budget airline’s stock was fined 123,000 pounds by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority today. The executive made do... (more story)
UK banks and other regulated firms have been warned that they’re exposing themselves to potential criminality by taking on as clients cryptoasset companies that haven’t passed the Financial Conduct Authority’s... (more story)
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The UK’s financial markets regulator was accused this week of lawmakers of being incompetent, failing to properly investigate and not following up on whistleblowers. They advocate wide-ranging reforms, but thi... (more story)
The trigger for a massive bribery scheme alleged by the US government may have been simple economics. High energy prices contemplated in the awarding of solar energy contracts, and Indian state governments bal... (more story)
After the UK's Serious Fraud Office dropped its four-year probe into Bombardier last week, the opening of a major investigation into Thales represents an important step, as the SFO has faced questions over its... (more story)
As the use of artificial intelligence explodes, federal agencies are increasingly trying to rein in misleading statements made by startups and investors about the technology’s capabilities — so-called "AI wash... (more story)
With the unsealing of an indictment against billionaire businessman Gautam Adani, US prosecutors may be taking their biggest anti-bribery swing in recent history. When communicating about the bribery scheme, s... (more story)
When Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, attention turned to comments he’d made years earlier in which he had called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act a “horrible law.” But he enforced the US a... (more story)
Metro Bank’s multimillion-pound fine today makes it the second digital challenger bank in the UK to be fined over lax anti-money laundering controls in the last month, showing that the regulator is backing pre... (more story)
The biggest US anti-money laundering overhaul in decades will be at risk when President Donald Trump returns to the White House. Project 2025 called for the repeal of the Corporate Transparency Act, as well as... (more story)