Saturday, September 8, 2012

Financial crime

  • Too Big To Jail: Wall Street Executives Unlikely To Face Criminal Charges ...

    But with the exception of one failed case against Bear Stearns in 2009, the Department of Justice, which historically would lead any criminal effort, has declined to criminally prosecute those who created the financial instruments built out of toxic ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Financial Crimes: Securing the National Threat

    The United States has leveraged its financial and economic power to influence a range of global security threats and concerns from terrorism to international organized crime the world over. Here the latest insights from the Honorable Juan Zarate, noted ...

    www.federalnewsradio.com

  • AFP steps up seizures from crime gangs

    ''When the criminals come up for air, we're sitting there with the mallet, whether that's here, on the open ocean or another country.

    www.smh.com.au

  • bank muscat hosts workshop on ATM fraud prevention

    Therefore, it is important for all of us in the banking and financial sector to contribute and supplement government efforts to tackle financial crimes. The subject assumes great importance, hence the workshop was organised by the bank to facilitate ...

    main.omanobserver.om

  • Treasury taps prosecutor for financial crime unit

    Jennifer Shasky Calvery, chief of the Justice Department's asset forfeiture and money laundering section, will start directing the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in September, the Treasury said on Monday. The bureau, also known as ...

    www.reuters.com

  • Arizona Sheriff Arpaio cleared of financial improprieties

    (CNN) -- Federal investigators have cleared controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of criminal wrongdoing regarding allegations of financial improprieties. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona declined to file charges against the Maricopa ...

    www.cnn.com

  • Phil Angelides urges tougher criminal probe into financial crisis

    WASHINGTON - Phil Angelides, who chaired the government commission that investigated the financial crisis, said the Justice Department should pursue more criminal cases against Wall Street executives to restore the faith of average Americans in U.S.

    www.latimes.com

  • Greek financial crime units lead crackdown on tax evaders

    Greek financial authorities have frozen bank accounts, seized assets, shares and properties of 121 persons and companies who owe the state millions of euros in unpaid taxes.

    english.ruvr.ru

  • Week after Assange gets asylum, ex-Belarus financial crime prober could lose ...

    QUITO, Ecuador - Less than a year ago, an Ecuadorean judge denied a request to extradite Aliaksandr Barankov to Belarus, the former Soviet bloc nation whose president has been nicknamed "Europe's last dictator.

    www.startribune.com

  • 7th September, 2012 14:02Fuel Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Declares 3 Marketers ...

    Fuel Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Declares 3 Marketers… Posted 6 hours ago. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again moved against perpetrators of the fuel subsidy scam that rocked Nigeria's petroleum sector recently.

    thestreetjournal.org

  • Non-prosecution of Okupe is official endorsement of corruption- ACN

    The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as "official endorsement of corruption" the attempt by the Presidency, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Benue State government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to treat as a civil ...

    www.channelstv.com

  • Massive financial crime inside Destiny Group detective

    Investigators have already detected siphoning of TK. 1,500 crore by the fraud racket of multilevel marketing company Destiny Group comprising sister concerns named Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, Destiny Tree ...

    www.weeklyblitz.net

  • Gaddafi henchmen to be tried for financial crimes

    "Former foreign minister Abdellati Al Obeidi and ex-parliament speaker Belgassem Al Zwai will stand trial on September 10 for financial crimes that preceded the February 17 (2011) revolution," Taha Baara said. Baara said the two were were also being ...

    www.emirates247.com

  • Koutoulas: Holder's DOJ "Biggest Enabler Of Financial Crime In US History"

    But Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of Justice is the biggest enabler of financial crime in U.S. history, and that's why, way back in January, we went to Congressman Grimm, and we asked him to write a letter demanding that independent counsel ...

    www.realclearpolitics.com

  • Polscope: Ibori's Bribe Money: The Limit of Greed

    The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had alleged that Ibori had sent the$15 million as bribe to him, so the latter would not pursue the charges of graft which the anti-graft agency was investigating against him.

    www.thisdaylive.com

  • Belgrave finance director jailed for theft, false statements

    Despite "understandable fatigue in some quarters with yet another finance company sentencing", SFO chief executive Adam Feeley said those responsible for financial crime needed to be held to account. "It is important to the integrity of the law ...

    www.nzherald.co.nz

  • No Crime, No Punishment

    When the Justice Department recently closed its criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs, it became all but certain that no major American banks or their top executives would ever face criminal charges for their role in the financial crisis. Justice ...

    www.nytimes.com

  • MIA: Macedonian govt establishes financial intelligence system

    Improvement of performances and effectiveness of the system in fight against crime and corruption according to world standards is the goal of the project for establishment of the most modern and most sophisticated financial intelligence system, which ...

    www.focus-fen.net

  • GBI seizes financial records in probe of Clayton police chief

    GBI and Clayton County investigators seized financial records detailing pay police Chief Greg Porter received during his previous part-time job with the local DUI court.

    www.ajc.com

  • Louisville police reorganization will target violent crime

    Create a Special Victims Unit by merging the Domestic Violence Unit with the Sex Crimes and Crimes Against Seniors squads, which are currently part of a Special Victims and Financial Crimes Unit. • Merge the Financial Crimes Squad and the Robbery Unit.

    www.courier-journal.com

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