MIAMI, May 11 (UPI) -- International drug criminals are funneling hundreds of billions of dollars in profits through trade-based money laundering schemes, U.S. officials say.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- Bulgaria is a major money-laundering center in the Balkans because of its position as a transit country and financial center, a U.S. report said.
DOHA, Qatar, May 22 (UPI) -- Qatar held a special seminar for financial institutions and others on money laundering and terrorism financing methods.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 28 (UPI) -- Dubai's diverse economy and multi-national population make it attractive to money launderers who try to transfer large sums using e-mail and text messages.
MARABELLA, Spain, March 13 (UPI) -- Forty-one people from Spain, France, Finland, Russia and Ukraine have been arrested in an alleged money-laundering scheme based in Marbella, Spain.
WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Gov. Susan Bies said Thursday the central bank has expanded its anti-money laundering program greatly over the past decade.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Syria denied it is a money laundering center, saying its banks are tightly controlled.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The Treasury Department on Tuesday issued proposed rules under the Patriot Act that would expand anti-money laundering rules to commodity trading advisers and s
PARIS, June 21 (UPI) -- Efforts to crack down on terrorist financing and money laundering have made "significant progress," according to the Paris-based Financial Action Task
CAIRO, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Egyptian Trade Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali has estimated the volume of money laundering in Egypt at nearly $3 billion, mostly from drug smuggling, according