Funds were detected through more than 20,000 suspicious activity reports flagged by the South American country's financial crimes unit for over three years, officials say.
UK's biggest business bank NatWest has been fined for for failing to comply with money laundering rules, the country's Financial Conduct Authority says.
Europol estimates that more than $8.46 trillion is held in offshore accounts globally with $1.69 trillion from within the European Union alone.
Geopolitics has overshadowed the Financial Action Task Force’s purpose of fighting money laundering. But Ankara must still use the language of the law to fight it out.
The inclusion of Turkey in the so-called list of grey countries that need increased monitoring once again raises eyebrows over the watchdog’s conduct.
The Benalla affair is just one manifestation of Emmanuel Macron's opaque and authoritarian style of government.
A damning Reuters investigation says governments including New Delhi have deployed anti-money laundering rules to go after opponents.
Haiti and South Sudan were also placed on a “grey list” of countries under increased monitoring to counter money laundering and terrorist financing, while Ghana was removed from the list.
A presidential decree makes “crypto asset service providers” in Turkey responsible for seeing their assets are not used illegally.
The appeal came more than eight months after a high court found Najib guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering, making him the first Malaysian leader to be convicted.
Malaysia's foreign ministry denounced North Korea's move as unwarranted and disruptive to regional peace, adding that the extradition of North Korean man Mun Chol Myong had been carried out according to law.
Global money laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force says Islamabad has made "significant progress" but there remained "serious deficiencies" in mechanisms to end money laundering and terrorism financing.
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