A Boston man pleaded guilty Friday to his involvement in a sophisticated international money laundering and drug trafficking organization. 57-year-old Mariano Santana pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Angel
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Police in Italy and Spain arrested 33 suspects yesterday morning in a coordinated action against a globally active money laundering criminal network. The alleged perpetrators, who are of Italian, Albanian, Colombian, Moroccan, and Syrian nationality,
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A former haulage firm owner in England who was imprisoned for moving drugs and dirty cash across Europe has been ordered to pay back £630,000. 42-year-old Thomas Maher was sentenced to 14 years and eight months in prison in December 2020.
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British authorities dismantled a network of criminal cash couriers that laundered over £100 million by smuggling it out of the United Kingdom (UK) to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The investigation was led by the National Crime Agency (NCA
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Every year, the multibillion-dollar proceeds of organised crime are pumped into the global economy - a torrent of dirty cash that is laundered through the banking system to disguise its origins. So how is it done? And how does it remain undetected? E
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Americans are dying younger and younger. One of the reasons is their addiction to opioids and other narcotics. Though the War on Drugs seems a failure, authorities continue as before. Only this time they focus on the money. The root of all evil. A tw
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A former Wells Fargo branch manager has been ordered to federal prison for helping a drug trafficking ring launder their money through his bank. 36-year-old Stephen Roland Reyna pleaded guilty September 1, 2021, and was sentenced to 20 months in pris
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A French-Israeli criminal gang involved in large-scale CEO fraud was busted last month, Europol reported. The group targeted companies located in France and made off with tens of millions.
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Spanish authorities together with Europol and Eurojust took down a criminal gang laundering dirty money linked to the Magnitsky case, a €219 million corruption case in Russia, Europol reported last week.
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Law enforcement from 25 countries, supported by Europol, Eurojust, INTERPOL and the European Banking Federation joined forces to crack down on one of the most important enablers of money laundering: money mules and their recruiters.
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Spanish police with support from Europol dismantled an organized crime group involved in the production and distribution of counterfeit euro banknotes. The police intervention also involved the Bank of Spain's Investigation Brigade and canine units,
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A massive international organized crime ring has been broken up in a joint operation between the Spanish Civil Guard and the German Criminal Bureau of Hamburg, Europol reported Monday. The crime group provided financial services to various criminal o
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People in prison get “three hots and a cot,” right? So, what do they need money for? A lot, it turns out. If they want to spend their time behind bars with some kind of comfort that is. When you’re locked up, comfort costs and quickly turns into a lu
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You can’t beat gold. Make it rain with dollars, euros or pounds all you want, but nothing makes it rain like gold. Better yet, it’s the original blockchain. Melt it down and nobody can trace it. Weigh it and its worth the same amount as before. Old s
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