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SOUTH AFRICAN CENTRAL BANK IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON HSBC FOR ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING AND CFT DEFICIENCIES

The South Africa Reserve Bank, the country's central bank, has imposed administrative sanctions upon HSBC Bank Plc Johannesburg Branch, for noncompliance with AML/CFT laws and regulations. The bank ...

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION WARNS MALTA TO COMPLY WITH EUROPE UNION ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING RULES

Readers who are monitoring the developing situation in Malta, or who have a special interest in whether Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit is taking additional measures to comply with the ...

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ARE MALTA CITIZEN BY INVESTMENT (CBI) PASSPORTS A PRESENT & CLEAR DANGER AND HIGH RISK TO EUROPE ?

A review of publicly available information concerning the approximately 4000 Malta Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passports issued in 2015 and 2016 indicates that the vast majority of the ...

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TURKEY SUPPORTING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AND REFUSES TO ACT ON "OFAC" RULES

Be advised that President Recep Erdogan, the leader of Turkey has publicly announced that his country will not be observing the newly reinstated economic sanctions imposed by the United States ...

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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN & LIST OF BANKS AND CORPORATIONS ON NEW OFAC IRAN SANCTIONS LIST

If you have a question about a specific Iranian financial institution, corporation, or individual, you can access the complete list here. Wanted SA has been privileged to receive the complete ...

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IRAN OPERATED BANK - PILATUS BANK FINALLY LOSES ITS LICENSE, AND MALTA IS DAMAGED FURTHER

The European Central Bank has cancelled the license of Pilatus Bank, according to the Malta Financial Services Authority, which recommended this action in June, which is a pointed reminder of the ...

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JONATHAN CURSHEN AND THE EAST CARIBBEAN PASSPORT CORRUPTION CROSSES PARTY LINES

While we have previously detailed several cases where criminal foreign nationals have easily obtained Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passports and diplomatic passports under the current ...

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKING: NOW A PRIMARY TOOL FOR COMPLIANCE

While we have been discussing the utility of compliance officers using social media and social networking sites as a primary investigative tool, perhaps a short case study might provide a better ...

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AMERICAN CONCERNS ABOUT BANKING COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA MAY BE WELL FOUNDED

There have been reports that The US Department of the Treasury contacted seven South Korean banks recently, warning them that their efforts to open relationships with North Korean financial ...

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AMERICAN BANKING SANCTIONS ON IRAN RETURN ON NOVEMBER 5TH IN FULL FORCE

Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, stated today that all the Iran sanctions lifted by President Obama will be reimposed on November 5, including the "banking sector[s]."Any financial ...

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NIGERIA ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR THE WORLD'S MOST CORRUPT OIL MINISTER; DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has issued an arrest warrant against Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country's former oil minister, upon corruption and money...

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Reports from Canada state that Cathy Meng, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies has been charged, in the United States, with...

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