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Qatar Football: Hammam took suitcase full of bribe $$ to Trinidad
(Trinidad Express) Wealthy Qatari Mohamed bin Hammam and his nine-member delegation quite literally walked straight through Immigration and Customs to the VIP lounge of Piarco International Airport...
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PEP Alert Romania: President’s brother arrested in bribery case
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Police have arrested the brother of the Romanian president on suspicion of taking a bribe and using the president’s name to promise he could get a prison sentence reduced. The...
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New Zealand: New anti-graft rules could boost reporting
Proposed rules to ramp up NZ’s anti-corruption measures, could mean that every foreign remittance worth more than NZD1,000 (USD876)could be reported to the police. Furthermore, new regulations would...
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Thailand set to ramp up anti-graft laws
Thailand‘s anti-graft commission has proposed a raft of legal changes giving it the power to prosecute foreign officials and coordinate with foreign government’s on asset recovery. The National...
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Indian businessman jailed for bribery in Dubai
A 34-year-old Indian businessman was today sentenced for six months in jail and slapped a fine for offering a hefty bribe to a labour inspector to lift a ban on his four companies, a media report said....
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Why would anyone offer GBP20m to settle a trial?
According to media reports, Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula 1, has offered BayernLB Bank GBP20m (USD33m) in early settlement of a bribery case in Munich. Ecclestone’s legal team have reportedly...
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What messages are bribery settlements sending out to would be briber givers...
Influential, wealthy and ‘lawyered-up’ entities are settling bribery cases with prosecutors by throwing money at the case in order to avoid admitting guilt or proving innocence. What message does this...
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When Basic AML Training Just Isn’t Enough
Deutsche Bank is reportedly leading an internal investigation into an alleged USD6bn laundry, using ‘relatively simple transactions’ to clean cash. Simple transactions used to launder money should be...
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Indonesia bans use of dollars, foreign currency
As of July 1st, Indonesian banks and businesses can no longer accept foreign currencies. Stable currencies, with the Source – http://www.asianews.it US dollar leading the pack, were widely used across...
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Papua New Guinea: How good AML is pushing placement back to the gatekeepers
Effective anti-money laundering programmes in banks are moving the gateposts for placing dirty cash into the financial system back a few steps, into the offices of lawyers, accountants and other...
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