money laundering

Money laundering is the illegal process of concealing the origins of money obtained illegally by passing it through a complex sequence of banking transfers or commercial transactions.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

How Prepaid Cards Played A Role In El Chapo’s Global Drug Operation

How Prepaid Cards Played A Role In El Chapo’s Global Drug Operation
How Prepaid Cards Played A Role In El Chapo’s Global Drug Operation
February 13, 2019  |  AML

The story goes something like this: During the reign of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar — estimated to have supplied up to 80 percent of the...

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Gig Economy Money Laundering Shows Corporates’ KYC, AML Struggles
Gig Economy Money Laundering Shows Corporates’ KYC, AML Struggles
February 13, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Payments messaging firm SWIFT announced on Tuesday (Feb. 12) that it will now allow corporates to join its KYC Registry in an effort to facilitate the...

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Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
February 08, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

One of the main differences between a successful criminal and a wanna-be is that the smart one knows how to hide (often in plain sight),...

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AML Scandals Hamper Estonia’s Digital Society Ambitions
AML Scandals Hamper Estonia’s Digital Society Ambitions
February 01, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

After being implicated in one of the largest money laundering scandals ever, Estonia is struggling to realize its dream of becoming a digital society, according...

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RBS Slapped With Lawsuit Over Frozen Accounts
RBS Slapped With Lawsuit Over Frozen Accounts
January 30, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is being sued by an unnamed British payments company over allegations that RBS froze accounts on suspicion of illegal...

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Fed To Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Role In Danske Bank Scandal
Fed To Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Role In Danske Bank Scandal
January 23, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

Deutsche Bank’s handling of billions of dollars in suspicious transactions from Danske Bank’s Estonian branch is raising the ire of the Federal Reserve, which is...

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Fortnite’s In-Game Currency Used In Money Laundering Schemes
Fortnite’s In-Game Currency Used In Money Laundering Schemes
January 21, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A new report has revealed that Fortnite’s in-game currency is being used to launder money from stolen credit cards. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Estonian Parliament Rejects Portion Of Anti-Money Laundering Proposal
Estonian Parliament Rejects Portion Of Anti-Money Laundering Proposal
January 17, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

Estonia, a country embroiled in a money laundering scandal involving a small branch of Denmark’s Danske Bank, has rejected a critical part of proposed anti-money...

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