By Jeff Dale2023-07-31T16:06:00
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved forward with plans to establish federal prosecution entities specializing in economic crimes and money laundering.
A proposal by the UAE’s attorney general, announced by news agency WAM on Sunday, aims to develop the Middle East nation’s judicial system to “keep pace with global economic shifts” and further boost “financial stability and economic growth.”
Approved by the country’s Federal Judicial Council, the proposal is part of a project the Ministry of Justice is working on in conjunction with the FJC to improve professional and legal performance in the UAE.
2023-08-29T12:39:00Z By Neil Hodge
Experts share differences of opinion over whether future anti-money laundering supervision in the United Kingdom should be industry specific and whether a single regulator would be more effective than multiple bodies.
2023-08-22T12:33:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
ABN AMRO, ING, Rabobank, Triodos Bank, and de Volksbank are each participating in a first-of-its-kind collaboration to shine light on the estimated €16 billion worth of illicit funds coursing through the Netherlands’ banking system every year.
2023-08-03T19:23:00Z By Jeff Dale
A Middle Eastern unit of international banking group Mirabaud was ordered to pay a $3 million fine for inadequate anti-money laundering controls by the Dubai Financial Services Authority.
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CVS has vowed to appeal $948.8 million in fines and damages imposed by a judge Tuesday on its Omnicare unit, for billing Medicare for tens of thousands of false claims.
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Federal banking regulators have laid the blame for Discover Financial Services charging merchants $1 billion in excessive credit card fees over 17 years squarely at the feet of company executives.
2025-07-07T19:02:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped a $95 million enforcement action against Navy Federal Credit Union, the latest regulatory pullback by the agency under President Donald Trump.
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