Craig Buchan

The UK's National Crime Agency has reached a settlement with two Chinese nationals to seize £12 million worth of assets, which the agency believes are the proceeds of fraud in their home nation.

Dechert’s US policy committee was briefed in 2016 about allegations that a partner in the firm’s London office had violated the human rights of a Jordanian lawyer, according to new claims in a US court filing.

The head of OFSI said he expects his agency to steer towards “proactive” intelligence-gathering, while the director of the National Economic Crime Centre announced changes to suspicious activity reporting rules.

A Danish court has handed British trader Sanjay Shah a 12-year prison sentence for defrauding the country out of over nine billion kroner in tax revenue.

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Australia's financial intelligence agency has accused the Ladbrokes owner of letting high-risk users with corruption and money laundering convictions use its online betting services.

A London court has found a manufacturer of flight simulator machines guilty of breaching UK export controls.

The EU has moved closer to confirming the first head of its recently established anti-money laundering regulator, two banks announced senior compliance roles and two SEC officials have moved to private practice.

The US civil sanctions enforcer has taken action against a person who provided legal and financial services for an individual designated under the Global Magnitsky programme.

The deferred prosecution agreement between Jersey and the local arm of a US payments company “shows that the interests of companies and their employees or shareholders are better served by self-reporting,” the island's top prosecutor said.