Tag - money-laundering

 
 

MONEY LAUNDERING

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2019
Deutsche Bank anti-money laundering staff flagged Trump and Kushner transactions for watchdog: report
Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank AG recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving entities controlled by U.S. President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog, The New York Times reported Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 10, 2019
Billions in dirty cash helped fuel Vancouver's housing boom
Vancouver penthouses, ski chalets at Whistler, and holiday retreats in Persian Gulf islands are among the thousands of properties identified in a dirty-money probe that estimates more than 7 billion Canadian dollars ($5 billion) was laundered through British Columbia last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2019
Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff questions if Robert Mueller is being kept from probing Trump-Deutsche Bank link
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday he was concerned that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may not be investigating President Donald Trump's ties to Deutsche Bank AG .
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2018
Number of counterfeit $100 U.S. bills on the rise in Japan
With tourists arriving in record numbers, more counterfeit U.S. currency is entering the country.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2018
Japan's financial watchdog tells banks to report suspicious transfers by joint ventures with North Korea
The Financial Services Agency has told banks to report any suspicious money transfers involving 10 Japan-North Korea joint ventures, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 6, 2018
Did ¥550 million from Japan fill Kim's coffers?
It's likely that illicit money transfers were made from Japan to North Korea. But the FSA and the Finance Ministry are keeping mum on the incident.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 4, 2017
IOC to probe payments on voting for Rio Games
Organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics denied on Friday that vote buying helped to secure the games after a French newspaper reported that a Brazilian businessman made payments to the son of an International Olympic Committee member before the vote.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 22, 2015
Banks did too little to police FIFA transactions, says global body
A global group of government anti-money-laundering agencies said that financial institutions have not done enough to police suspicious financial activity by officials at soccer's global governing body FIFA, and cautioned banks to step up scrutiny.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2015
China learns how to catch corrupt officials who have fled overseas
China is learning a new skill in its marquee campaign to catch economic fugitives in other countries and bring them home — the power of persuasion.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2015
Swiss prosecutor raids HSBC office, opens criminal inquiry
Geneva's public prosecutor searched HSBC's lakeside Swiss office on Wednesday after opening a criminal inquiry into allegations of aggravated money laundering, the second probe to hit the bank this week.

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