Dec 04, 2020
US poised to overhaul the country’s anti-money laundering legislation
Congress has released the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes reforms that would effectively end fully anonymous shell companies.
FinCEN Files
Dec 02, 2020
Italian mafia probe shows banks exposure to massive alleged laundering scheme
The investigation may provide a rare look into how illicit money moves across borders through flawed banking systems.
Nov 30, 2020
The public knew he was crooked in 2009. Big banks helped him stash millions until 2017.
Despite a long record of fraud, a New Jersey con man was able to swindle hundreds of victims around the world who were promised cheap used cars.
Nov 25, 2020
US lawmakers move to end anonymous shell companies in national defense spending bill
A major anti-money laundering reform is expected to arrive in annual omnibus legislation with bipartisan support.
Nov 20, 2020
Dapo Olorunyomi, ICIJ board member, lauded for defending press freedom
The Nigerian journalist and publisher was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Nov 17, 2020
Belgium’s biggest banks propose system to share suspected money laundering information
The proposal was made at a Belgian parliamentary hearing held in response to the FinCEN Files investigation.
Nov 12, 2020
FinCEN Files wins investigation of the year in Argentina
In the first major global award for the investigation, judges highlighted the “rigorous cross-border work” done by the Argentinian team.
Nov 12, 2020
From a global fentanyl ring to a grieving family in Garland, a reporter’s FinCEN Files diary
By investigating four names behind a mysterious $400,000 transaction, an ICIJ reporter chased dirty money flows and uncovered victims of a failed anti-money laundering system.
Nov 09, 2020
FinCEN Files reporting from North Africa and the Middle East
ICIJ partners investigated suspicious transactions linked to oil and gas companies, a doping and bribery scheme, Iran sanctions evasions and more.
Nov 04, 2020
Secretive high-end art world can be vehicle for dirty money, US Treasury warns
A new advisory urges agents, brokers, and others in the art industry to adopt safeguards against financial crime, money laundering, and sanctions evasion.
Nov 02, 2020
Goldman Sachs 1MDB settlement: a meaningful punishment for major financial crimes?
While the deal bears hallmarks of prosecutorial timidity, the indictment against two banking executives makes the case unusual, experts say.
Oct 29, 2020
‘Enough is enough’: How FinCEN Files exposes a broken system that keeps dirty cash flowing
Three ICIJ reporters take us behind the scenes of the FinCEN Files investigation in this special edition of our Meet the Investigators series.
Oct 28, 2020
FinCEN wants to clamp down on small payments fueling crime
Concerned that money transfers worth just a few hundred dollars are helping terrorists and fentanyl traffickers, the U.S. Treasury is pushing a new rule for banks, money transmitters and others.
Oct 27, 2020
Company ownership secrecy prevails in Southeast Asia, UN report says
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recommends strengthening reporting of beneficial ownership information across the region to stop dirty money flows.
Oct 26, 2020
FinCEN official accused of leaking secret bank records requests time served
Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards says she leaked “suspicious activity reports” after official complaints were ignored.
Oct 22, 2020
FinCEN Files sparks fresh UK inquiry into laundering of dirty billions
The Treasury Committee says it will examine the effectiveness of anti-money laundering systems and sanctions, listing areas of concerns investigated by ICIJ.
Oct 20, 2020
Controversial shell-company ‘factories’ seek a role cleaning up UK’s reputation
It would ‘put the fox in charge of the henhouse’, anti-money-laundering experts warn, after FinCEN Files identified thousands of U.K. shell companies linked to suspicious transactions.
Oct 19, 2020
6 money laundering reforms that experts say need to happen right now
Failures exposed by the FinCEN Files investigation require urgent intervention, regulators, experts and politicians say.
Oct 16, 2020
German prosecutors drop probe into Deutsche Bank ties to Estonian dirty money scandal
Prosecutors fined the bank $15.8 million for its failure, on more than 600 occasions, to promptly submit reports that would have alerted criminal investigators to suspicious transactions.
Oct 15, 2020
Jail bankers who allow money laundering, top Democrat in U.S. Senate banking committee says in wake of FinCEN Files
Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for criminally prosecuting executives who profit from moving money for criminals and corrupt regimes.
Oct 13, 2020
The fastest way to send criminal cash: money transmitters
How companies like Western Union and MoneyGram play a hidden role in laundering cash from around the globe.
Oct 12, 2020
Notorious tax haven British Virgin Islands to introduce public register of company owners
The territory’s secrecy rules have long attracted criminals and secretive companies created there have featured in several ICIJ investigations on offshore finance.
Oct 09, 2020
European lawmakers call for coordinated banking industry reforms in wake of FinCEN Files
A session of European Parliament focused on the need for stronger oversight of money flows across the European Union to fight money laundering.
Oct 07, 2020
FinCEN Files reporting from across Africa
ICIJ partners investigated suspicious transactions linked to prominent politicians, arms companies, the ivory, gold and diamond trades, and more.
Oct 06, 2020
A roundup of FinCEN Files reporting from Europe
European banks and shell companies play a key role in global money laundering.
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