Tag: Money laundering
Fugitive extradited to Turkey to face Ponzi scheme charges
ISTANBUL — A Turkish national on the run after allegedly embezzling money from thousands of people in a Ponzi scheme has been extradited to...
38 Albanians arrested in Italian-led drug trafficking probe
TIRANA, Albania — Some 38 Albanian nationals including a prosecutor, a government department head and three senior police officers have been arrested for drug...
38 Albanians arrested in Italian-led drug trafficking probe
TIRANA, Albania — Some 38 Albanian nationals including a prosecutor, a government department head and three senior police officers have been arrested for drug...
Malta placed on global money laundering watchdog’s grey list
VALLETTA, Malta — A watchdog on the lookout for money laundering and terror financing said Friday it has placed the tiny Mediterranean island nation...
Ex-Mexican governor sentenced to 3 years in US prison
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A U.S. judge in Texas on Wednesday sentenced a former governor of a northern state in Mexico to three years...
Judge threatens to toss DEA agent’s plea in corruption case
TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge Wednesday threatened to throw out the guilty plea of a veteran U.S. narcotics agent who conspired with a...
Turkish businessman arrested in scheme with Utah polygamists
SALT LAKE CITY — A Turkish businessman has been arrested by the U.S. Justice Department in connection with what authorities say was a biodiesel...
Peru’s Fujimori repeats election fraud claim, trusts no jail
LIMA, Peru — Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on Saturday said she trusts she will not be sent back to prison after a judge...
Vatican’s financial crimes prosecution hurt by inexperience
ROME — European evaluators warned Wednesday that the Vatican’s efforts to investigate and prosecute financial crimes were suffering from understaffing and inexperience, as well...
Down Under criminals tricked into using FBI-run message app
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Authorities in Australia and New Zealand said Tuesday they've dealt a huge blow to organized crime after hundreds of criminals...