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Labour outlines several measures that a Labour government would implement to curb corruption and kleptocracy both in the UK and globally
Labour’s proposed measures include broadening the registration requirements for UK trusts to prevent their exploitation for illicit purposes and enhancing transparency around trust ownership of UK property. Additionally, the party aims to strengthen the UK’s sanctions regime to target individuals and entities complicit in money laundering activities, with a particular focus on professionals such as lawyers and accountants…
Swissinfo Ch: Switzerland plans to introduce a flight passenger database from 2026 to collect and process personal data in a bid to combat terrorism and serious crime
Switzerland plans to introduce a flight passenger database from 2026 to collect and process personal data in a bid to combat terrorism and serious crime. The government has sent a related bill to parliament…
OFAC has imposed sanctions on a Russian institution and gold companies based in Nicaragua, aiming to undermine the Ortega-Murillo regime’s ability to exploit the sector and profit from corrupt operations
The Ortega-Murillo regime’s ability to manipulate the gold market and make money from corrupt practices, as well as its repression of the Nicaraguan people, are the targets of the Department of Treasury’s OFAC…
OCCRP: Kyiv Police uncovered a $1.7 million embezzlement scheme involving the sale of electricity at inflated prices to a department within the State Water Resources Agency
Investigators discovered that the director signed contracts in early 2022 obliging a department within the State Water Resources Agency to pay twice the normal price for electricity. The suspect is facing serious charges of “embezzlement of property through abuse of office,” a crime magnified under the current martial law circumstances…
US DoJ sentences ponzi schemer to over 14 years in prison for $11m fraud convictions
Pigida was informed by US District Judge during his sentencing hearing that he had misused the court’s trust by evading prosecution. Pigida’s fraud was characterized by the judge as a extensive, elaborate, complex scheme that caused his victims immense harm…
OCCRP reports that a former Afghan parliamentarian used a passport he obtained through Cyprus’ now defunct citizenship by investment program to build a sprawling business and real estate empire in Germany and Dubai
Ajmal Rahmani accumulated real estate in Germany between 2018 and 2022 valued at 197m. He purchased the properties through German companies registered under his Cyprus passport in addition to Cypriot holding companies. He and his father, Mir Rahman Rahmani, were sanctioned by the US Treasury for alleged corruption, which included manipulating the fuel market in Afghanistan to embezzle US funds…
GRECO publishes fifth round compliance report on Lithuania
Details progress made by Lithuania in response to the 17 recommendations contained in the mutual evaluation report.
TI unveils a Climate & Corruption Atlas, showcasing real-world instances and their repercussions
This report highlights findings and lessons from cases of corruption documented in our online Climate and Corruption Case Atlas, the first digital tool of its kind – analysing almost 80 cases of climate corruption around the world The impact of corruption in climate finance goes beyond mitigation & adaptation and is the catalyst for human rights abuses, weakened democratic processes…
SFO secures conviction of investment manager for £100 million no-win-no-fee fraud
DavidKennedy and his business partner Timothy Schools managed the Cayman Island registered company Axiom Legal Finance Fund for over two years. They promised investors a secure return, by offering loans to UK law firms that were pursuing no-win-no-fee cases and where there was purportedly a high chance of success.
SEC charges audit firm BF Borgers and its owner with massive fraud affecting more than 1,500 SEC filings
The SEC announced settled enforcement proceedings against audit firm BF Borgers CPA PC and its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers, charging them with deliberate and systemic failures to comply with PCAOB standards in their audits and reviews of hundreds of public companies, which were incorporated in more than…
UK Govt adds three entries to the UK sanctions list under the Global Anti-Corruption regime
The Regulations provide for the imposition of financial sanctions, namely the freezing of funds and economic resources persons who are or have been involved in serious corruption…
GRECO publishes second compliance report following on from the Fifth MER of Belgium
Notes lack of progress made by the authorities towards implementing recommendations on preventing corruption among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, as well as central governments and law enforcement agencies.