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U.S. targets Costa Rica-based digital currency operator for money laundering
The United States on Tuesday unveiled what it said was the world’s “largest” money laundering probe against the digital currency operator Liberty Reserve. The Costa Rica-based entity, which operates a hugely popular online currency system outside of the control of national governments, is charged with running a “$6 billion money…
European Union tightens online gambling controls
The European Commission outlined measures on Tuesday to tighten controls on online gambling, a fast-growing, multi-billion-euro industry, to combat fraud, money laundering and rigging of sport fixtures. “Consumers, but more broadly all citizens, must be adequately protected,” European internal markets commissioner Michel Barnier said. “Money laundering and fraud must be…
Colombia nabs men with $40,000 in cash in their stomachs
Colombia police said they have arrested two men who had each ingested about $40,000 before trying to enter the country, in what may be a novel form of money laundering. The men were detained separately during the past week at the international airport in Colombia’s second city of Medellin and…
U.S. lawmakers accuse Walmart of tax evasion and money laundering
WASHINGTON — Two US lawmakers probing bribery allegations against Walmart in Mexico say they have documents suggesting the US retail giant may also have engaged in tax evasion and money laundering. The congressmen, Elijah Cummings and Henry Waxman, made their claim in a letter to Walmart Chief Executive Michael Duke…
U.S. sees Vatican as potential money laundering hub
WASHINGTON — The US State Department for the first time listed the Vatican as potentially vulnerable to money laundering, along with 67 other countries. The department’s annual International Narcotics Control Strategy report listed the Vatican as a “jurisdiction of concern” along with countries like Albania, the Czech Republic, Egypt, South…
Sean Connery named in money-laundering probe
MADRID (AFP) – Property once owned by Oscar-winning film star Sean Connery in the south of Spain is at the center of a money-laundering investigation, a court spokeswoman said Friday. Twenty-eight people are under judicial investigation in the case, the spokeswoman for the Superior Court of Justice of Andalucia told…
US finally extradites former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to France
The United States extradited former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to France Monday to face money-laundering charges after years of public wrangling, US and French officials said. Noriega was placed aboard an Air France jet in Miami for the flight back to France escorted by French prison officials, a source close…
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