Tag: Money laundering
Vatican’s financial crimes prosecution hurt by inexperience
ROME — European evaluators warned Wednesday that the Vatican’s efforts to investigate and prosecute financial crimes were suffering from understaffing and inexperience, as well...
Down Under criminals tricked into using FBI-run message app
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Authorities in Australia and New Zealand said Tuesday they've dealt a huge blow to organized crime after hundreds of criminals...
German police raids tied to money laundering, crime gangs
BERLIN — Special police units searched around 30 buildings Tuesday in connection with money laundering and organized crime in the western German state of...
Los Angeles nun to plea guilty to $835,000 school theft
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles nun who took a vow of poverty has agreed to plea guilty to federal charges for stealing more...
France opens graft probe into Lebanon’s central bank chief
PARIS — The French national financial prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation into the actions of Lebanon’s central bank governor involving potential money...
Nicaragua judge orders opposition figure jailed for 90 days
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan judicial authorities ordered Monday that a potential opposition presidential candidate be held for three months while his case is investigated....
Nicaragua detains yet another opposition politician
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Police in Nicaragua detained another leading opposition politician and potential presidential candidate Saturday, the latest in a series of moves by...
Court in El Salvador sentences former first lady to 10 years
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A court in El Salvador sentenced the wife of former President Tony Saca to 10 years in prison for...
US calls on Nicaragua to free opposition figure Chamorro
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The U.S. State Department on Friday called on Nicaragua to free opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro, who is being held incommunicado at...
Aide: Nicaraguan opposition figure held incommunicado
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan police are holding opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro incommunicado at her home, and have taken away her laptops and cellphones, an...