Canada major money laundering country in 2014 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report on Financial Crime and Money Laundering

Tweet Canada a Major Money Laundering Country but A Lot Less So The 2014 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) published this month by the U.S. Department of State identifies Canada as a major money laundering country along with, among others, Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Guernsey, Jersey, Hong Kong, Libya, Mexico, Macau and […]

$70B missing from Ukraine; a failure of global anti-money laundering & corruption laws

Tweet Ukrainian Crisis Late last week, the Swiss announced investigations into funds allegedly held in their banks by former President Viktor Yanukovych  and his son Oleksandr Yanukovych, and have frozen those assets while they determine if any of the assets are proceeds of crime derived from corruption, misappropriated state assets, or derived from other predicate offenses […]

Canadian arrested for money laundering after allegedly transporting hundreds of millions by private jet to US & tax havens through lawyer

Tweet Private jets of cash According to an article in La Presse, Martin Grenier, a Canadian from Repentigny, Quebec, was arrested in Detroit and charged on February 13, 2014, with money laundering along with two Americans, including a lawyer. Grenier is alleged to have facilitated the laundering of so much cash, that private jets were used to […]

Canada announces regulation of bitcoin, digital currencies and Internet gambling sites under anti-money laundering laws

Tweet Federal government to regulate bitcoin and other digital currencies As was widely anticipated, the federal government announced today that it will amend federal legislation to require the regulation of digital currencies like bitcoin in order to eliminate the potential risks of digital currencies being used for terrorist financing and money laundering. Interestingly, the proposed […]

Two arrested, including one Canadian, in the 1st state bitcoin prosecution in Florida over alleged money laundering

Tweet In another first for bitcoin, the Miami Beach Police today arrested two men for alleged money laundering involving bitcoin. And one of them is Canadian. According to police, undercover officers and special agents from the Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force posed as bitcoins buyers and contacted various bitcoin sellers on the website “localbitcoins.com” specifically […]

PetroTiger executives charged with money laundering and bribery from Colombian transaction

Tweet Two executives of PetroTiger, Ltd., a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company (“PetroTiger“), were charged with money laundering, wire fraud and bribery under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA“) for allegedly bribing foreign public officials to obtain a $39 million contract from Ecopetrol S.A., a state-owned petroleum company in Columbia (“Ecopetrol“), Latin […]

US federal court rules NSA surveillance program legal and necessary for counter terrorism

Tweet NSA program legal and necessary for counter-terrorism A U.S. federal court ruled today ruled that the National Security Agency (“NSA“) collection of personal telecommunications records is not only legal but is a valuable tool necessary to counter the threat of terrorism. According to various media reports, the NSA collects, views, categorizes and retains our […]