All organized crime articles

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    FATF focus on criminal asset recovery points to a more investigatory role for compliance

    2025-12-11T21:18:00Z

    Global organised crime is booming, and only 1 to 2 percent of the $4 trillion black economy is intercepted, according to figures from the Financial Action Task Force. Its new guidance suggests that countries should focus on rapid investigations, collaborative intelligence gathering, and confiscating the proceeds of criminal activity. 

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    Lost in fraud translation

    2017-02-22T11:00:00Z

    Paul Hodgson explores the case of Jacques de Groote, the 90-year-old former CEO of the World Bank and director of the International Monetary Fund, who has spent the last decade in court battling allegations of fraud and corruption.