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The year in business: A review of 2017

The year 2017 saw a burst of optimism among American investors and consumers, despite the turmoil sparked by President Trump’s first year in office. The President strode from one political storm to […]

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Plan to crack down on £90bn City money laundering

As much as £90bn of criminal money is laundered through the UK each year, according to the National Crime Agency. The test for the government’s updated anti-corruption strategy, published on Monday, will […]

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Hackers steal $64 million from cryptocurrency firm NiceHash

(Reuters) – A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining marketplace, NiceHash, said it lost about $64 million worth of bitcoin in a hack of its payment system, the latest incident to highlight risks that uneven […]

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Financial Crime Compliance: Current Global State of Play

Banks today are responsible for preventing a host of financial crimes from infiltrating their ecosystems. Some of these crimes, such as money laundering and sanctions violation, are highly visible, with high potential […]

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UK’s top supplier of supermarket chicken fiddles food safety dates

The largest supplier of chicken to UK supermarkets has been tampering with food safety records in moves that could dupe consumers into buying meat past its use-by date. An investigation by the […]

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Cyber crime: The next systemic risk

For the second time in a little under two months, an audacious hack of major institutions spanning vast geographies was executed by cyber criminals. Companies operating in around 64 markets were breached […]

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2017’s top business stories

The rich got richer and the poor piled on more debt as shockwaves from the Brexit vote continued to reverberate in 2017. Billionaire George Soros dismissed Donald Trump as a “con-man”, while Britain’s biggest chicken supplier […]

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Financial crimes

Strengthened EU rules to tackle money laundering, tax avoidance and terrorism financing enter into force

The Juncker Commission has made the fight against tax avoidance, money laundering and terrorism financing one of its priorities. Today, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive enters into force. It strengthens the existing […]

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Financial institutions say biggest threat of financial crime stems from cyberspace

Banking and investment management professionals think that the biggest threat of financial crime now stems from cyberspace, according to new research. A survey of nearly 200 senior professionals working in retail banks, investment banks and […]

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Legacy banks don’t have the IT to fight financial crime

Amid increased security breaches and financial crime at incumbent banks, security has become a paramount concern for these organizations. However, it’s rapidly becoming clear that banks won’t be able to shore up their defenses until they […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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