TAG: Anti-money laundering
France steps up efforts to lure post-Brexit financial jobs to Paris
PARIS — As he flies to New York Friday to convince Wall Street firms to invest in Paris, French Fina...
8 months ago
UK slams MEPs for saying Gibraltar is undermining Russian sanctions — and calling it a ‘colony’
STRASBOURG — Britain reacted with fury after European lawmakers accused Gibraltar of making it easy for Russia to exploit sanctions loopholes and branded the territory a "colony."The spat, just the latest chapter in the centuries-old saga of the tiny Medi...
5 months ago
How dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions
RIGA — When your most important ally swoops in and closes your third-largest bank while calling it a “money laundering institution,” it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work.That’s exactly what Latvia did when confronted by the U.S. Treasury Depa...
4 months ago
You cannot be serious! Europe’s next migration chief was a tennis hotshot
BRUSSELS — Magnus Brunner, selected as the next European commissioner for migration, is so good at tennis he once beat a future U.S. Open champion.“He was a tough opponent, and he always made life difficult for me on the court,” Julian Knowle, who won the...
3 weeks ago
Italy, Germany, Netherlands short-listed for top job running EU dirty money watchdog
BRUSSELS — Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are on the short list for an EU top job running the bloc’s new anti-money laundering body, according to multiple officials.Italy’s Bruna Szego, Germany’s Marcus Pleyer, and Jan Reinder De Carpentier of the Net...
1 day ago