by KEMMAN | Nov 22, 2020 | Conspiracy, Corruption, deceipt, Deception, Financial Crime, Fraud, money laundering
There is a paper entitled “The Devastating impact of Money Laundering and other Economic and Financial Crimes on the Economy of Developing Countries: Nigeria as a Case Study” by Yusuf and Ibrahim from the International Islamic University Malaysia. The paper makes very...
by KEMMAN | Nov 22, 2020 | Compliance, Financial Crime, Terrorism, Terrorism Financing
Banks in Sudanese have started moves to re-establish relations with foreign banks as the United States (US) prepares to remove Sudan from its state sponsor of terrorism (SSOT) list. Bankers and analysts say the process will likely be slow. Restoring international...
by KEMMAN | Nov 22, 2020 | deceipt, Deception, Fraud, Impersonation, money laundering, Scam
The propensity and affinity for some people to gauge an opportunity to misappropriate, embezzle or divert funds to increase one’s wealth is too great and irresistible. While they may consider themselves “under the radar,” the example below demonstrate that in the end...
by KEMMAN | Nov 21, 2020 | Compliance, Corruption, Financial Crime, money laundering, Terrorism, Terrorism Financing
The late Pablo Escobar, famous for the wrong reasons, was regarded as the richest and most successful criminal in world history. In 1989, Forbes magazine declared Escobar as the seventh (7th) richest man in the world. He had an estimated personal fortune of US$9...
by KEMMAN | Nov 21, 2020 | Corruption, Financial Crime, governance, money laundering
Over the last 30 years, the amount of money laundered has steadily been increasing. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime approximately estimated that the amount of money laundered globally in one year is 2 – 5% of global GDP, or $2 trillion in current US...
