Swiss Attorney General, Michael Lauber said on Wednesday that his money laundering investigation into Malaysian fund 1MDB was making progress despite Malaysian authorities’ refusal to cooperate. http://reut.rs/2p9x6ON Combing through money laundering reports and bank documents with help from Singapore, Luxembourg and the United States was bearing fruit for his office, the OAG, he said. “It’s not hopeless, […]

Swiss federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether the private bank Lombard Odier failed to prevent money laundering involving the daughter of the former Uzbek president, they said on Thursday. The Office of the Attorney General said it had opened an investigation into the bank, a former employee and persons unknown, which suggests […]

The SFO is conducting a criminal investigation into the activities of Unaoil, its officers, its employees and its agents in connection with suspected offences of bribery, corruption and money laundering. We have been approached by a number of sources who may have information relevant to this investigation.  If you have any information please contact us […]

Assad’s uncle under investigation in France – source | Reuters A French judge has placed an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad under formal investigation on suspicion of tax fraud and money-laundering, a source close to the case said on Tuesday. Suspected of having acquired his wealth in France illegally, Rifaat al-Assad, a political opponent […]

 Nineteen people working for the biggest donor to the Conservative Party have been arrested in France in connection with a multi-million pounds tax and money laundering scandal. All are linked to Lycamobile, the multinational telecoms giant, which has given at least £2.2m to Prime Minister David Cameron’s party since 2011, including half-a-million last year alone. […]

It is alleged that an Irish bank – Bank of New York Mellon Investment Servicing (International) in Ireland, which is headquartered in Dublin – used to funnel cash in $114m global bribes scandal US authorities put stay on court order to seize Irish-based assets in telecoms corruption probe, writes Simon Rowe Bribes were allegedly paid […]

British police have made the biggest seizure of cash in the country’s history as part of a global money laundering bust. A specialist group of officers known as the Fraud Squad seized £30 million ($43 million) in money orders when they arrested a 58-year old man this week. Money orders can be easily converted into […]

Convicted con man Gilbert Chikli, sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison by a French court last year but living openly in Ashdod, is credited with masterminding a fraud that has cost companies $1.8 billion. To get away with it, he became the first of many to look east… Read more here: http://bit.ly/1RVWi53