Category: Financial Crime

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Julius Baer plans second pay-out to USA for role in FIFA scandal

US plans major update to AML rules to ensure financial institutions have ‘effective and reasonably designed anti-money laundering program’

US charges two Russians with defrauding millions in cryptocurrency scam

Council of Europe Secretary warns against relaxing AML regulations

Leaked EU proposal calls for bloc-wide crypto asset regulations

Philippe Vollot tackles financial crime

How Danske responded to Estonia money laundering scandal, including doubling Compliance team – Deutsche veteran Vollot on leading the change

Gamblers using online shopping to launder billions in China

AML support centre on the cards for Malta

Brazil’s ex-president faces fresh R$4 million laundering charge

Phoenix Thoroughbreds banned from running horses in UK by BHA amid money laundering allegations

Hong Kong family arrested in multi-billion-dollar laundering probe

EBA demands a single set of AML rules across Europe to tackle money laundering

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County Housing Official Sentenced for His Role in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Receive Bribes From Hawaii Businessman and Attorneys
US Department of Justice
May 29, 2026
A former Hawaii County official, Alan Scott Rudo, 59, now of Cathedral City, California, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive bribes in exchange for his official actions as a Housing Specialist at the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD). The scheme involved affordable housing development agreements worth more than $11 million.
Operation against criminal network smuggling migrants between Algeria and Spain: nine arrests
Europol
May 29, 2026
A collaborative operation between the Spanish Guardia Civil and National Police (Policía Nacional), supported by Europol, has resulted in nine arrests and the dismantling of a criminal network smuggling irregular migrants from Algeria to Spain. The operation targeted migrant smugglers responsible for organising trips across the Mediterranean, as well as those managing the complex logistics behind the smuggling events. Europol's migrant smuggling experts provided crucial operational support to the Spanish authorities leading up to and during the action day.
FINTRAC publishes money laundering indicators relating to human trafficking and major international sporting and entertainment events
FINTRAC
May 28, 2026
FINTRAC published today a Special Bulletin on human trafficking risks associated with major international sporting and entertainment events to help businesses subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (the Act) detect transactions related to human trafficking activities and report suspicious transactions to the Centre. Major international sporting and entertainment events can attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from home and abroad. This can boost economic activity in sectors such as hospitality, entertainment, transportation and tourism, which are vulnerable to human trafficking. These events generate short‑term surges in economic activity and demand for services, labour and transactions, and may intensify conditions under which exploitation activities are present.