These companies and offshore accounts pay bribes and buy influence. Anonymity and secrecy also make it easier for the corrupt to use dirty money to purchase properties and other luxury goods at home ...

Money laundering is the process that transforms illegal inputs into supposedly legitimate outputs. Proceeds gained by crimes such as fraud, theft, and drug trafficking are made to look as if they were ...

The money was headed to an international money launderer who charged a hefty fee to clients to exchange cash for gold or ...

Singapore's buoyant property market is a popular means to "clean" dirty money, some experts pointed out. And there are the casinos, nightclubs and luxury stores. "Massive amounts of money pass ...

Here’s what the president-elect has said he might do with your taxes, student loans, Social Security and more. By Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard Big changes are coming in the next Trump ...

The financial system is supposed to keep dirty money out. But the two people who tried to blow the whistle about the suspicious activity in Dubai both feel they have been punished. Anna's dispute ...

Jim Probasco has 30+ years of experience writing for online, print, radio, and television media, including PBS. His expertise includes government programs and policy, retirement planning ...

Senegal has been removed from a global dirty-money list after three years, a move likely to boost investor confidence after a spate of negative news led to a selloff of its eurobonds this month.

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The Philippines has been kept on a global dirty money watchlist, but was said to have resolved previously identified deficiencies and could finally exit early next year. Late on Friday, the ...

“One of the main reasons that we have the Bank Secrecy Act is because it can be very difficult to prove that a bank or its employees knowingly accepted dirty or suspicious money and moved it through ...

Senegal Close to Exiting Watchdog’s Dirty Money ‘Gray List’ FATF visit notes significant progress to exit ‘gray list’ Final decision to be made at plenary meeting on Oct. 25 ...