Money laundering

Image for Egypt rounds up teenaged TikTokkers in crackdown on social media
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Egypt rounds up teenaged TikTokkers in crackdown on social media

By Menna AlaaElDin, Mohamed Ezz and Yazan Kalach CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian authorities have been rou...

29th August, 2025

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Dutch online bank Bunq fined for failures in money laundering controls

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch online bank Bunq has received a fine of 2.6 million euros ($3.04 million)...

25th August, 2025

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HSBC Swiss unit culls wealthy Middle Eastern clients amid regulator scrutiny, FT says

(Reuters) -HSBC's Swiss private bank has launched a cull of more than 1,000 wealthy Middle Eastern c...

24th August, 2025

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Swiss bank Safra Sarasin fined 3.5 million francs in 'Car Wash' probe

(adds dropped part of company name in third paragraph) ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland's attorney gene...

22nd August, 2025

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ING Belgium investigated as part of probe into ex-EU commissioner Reynders

By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) -ING Belgium is under investigation as part of an ongoing prob...

20th August, 2025

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Italy arrests 13 people in nationwide raids against Chinese mafia groups

By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italian police arrested 13 people following a nationwide sweep a...

4th August, 2025

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Detained Moldovan magnate says he wants to clear his name

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldovan business magnate Vladimir Plahotniuc said on Friday that he wanted to r...

1st August, 2025

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Detained magnate Plahotniuc willing to be extradited to Moldova, lawyer says

CHISINAU, Moldova (Reuters) -Moldovan business magnate Vladimir Plahotniuc, detained in Greece on a...

28th July, 2025

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Moldova seeks extradition of business magnate Plahotniuc held in Greece

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldovan authorities said on Thursday they launched extradition proceedings for...

24th July, 2025

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Greek police arrest Moldovan tycoon Plahotniuc on Interpol notice

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have arrested a Moldovan tycoon and a former political leader wanted...

22nd July, 2025

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Greece arrests three over cocaine-loaded ship seized by Spain in 2023

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece has arrested three people linked with a cargo ship seized by Spanish author...

17th July, 2025

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Ex-UK National Crime Agency officer jailed for stealing bitcoin from dark web drug dealer

LONDON (Reuters) -An officer with Britain's National Crime Agency who stole cryptocurrency from the...

16th July, 2025