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NewsDon’t miss! PrivSec Global - 22-23 September
Next week, GRC World Forums will kick off Wednesday 22nd September with a two-day live and on-demand livestream experience.
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Basel Institute on Governance raises doubts on ML/TF fight
The organisation behind the Basel AML Index says the latest findings raise grave questions whether jurisdictions are serious about dealing with money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF).
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US manager of Nigerian romance scam jailed for money laundering
An Oklahoma man has received a four-year prison sentence for running a group of money launderers who used online dating websites to defraud romance seekers of at least $2.5m (€2.12m). Among the victims were elderly people across the US.
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Financial firm fined for breaching AML rules in New Zealand
Derivatives trader CLSA Premium New Zealand has been ordered to pay NZ$770,000 (US$547,000, €463,000) by the country’s high court for breaking anti money laundering laws on almost NZ$50m of suspicious transactions.
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Italy’s DPA seeks privacy clarity on Facebook’s smart glasses
Garante, the Italian privacy watchdog, has asked Facebook to provide clarifications so it can assess if the company’s new smart glasses comply with privacy laws.
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New Zealand suffers week-plus denial-of-service attack
Customers of Kiwibank are still having trouble accessing online banking and the associated app to make payments and transfers via the New Zealand bank.
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German government ministries raided in ML probe
Prosecutors in Germany have raided the finance and justice ministries as they investigate the government’s anti-money laundering agency, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
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Data stolen from United Nations
Earlier this year, hackers gained access into the United Nations’ computer network and stole a trove of data, according to researchers from Resecurity.
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National Australia Bank tightens up AML regime
Staff and specially hired consultants are checking millions of National Australia Bank customer accounts in an internal project to plug holes in the bank’s anti-money laundering measures, CEO Ross McEwan told the parliamentary economics committee.
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Data of nearly 80K MyRepublic customers accessed in breach
The personal data of approximately 80,000 MyRepublic mobile subscribers has been accessed due to a data breach.
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Two South African government agencies hit in cyber-attacks
South Africa’s department of justice and constitutional development (DoJ) and the South African National Space Agency (Sansa) have been targeted by hackers.
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Danish DPA orders insurer to hand over surveillance material
Datatilsynet, Denmark’s data protection authority, has ruled an insurance company cannot deny a former customer’s lawyer access to observation reports, photos and videos for a possible lawsuit against the company.
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UK launches data reform to boost innovation, economic growth and protect the public
Information Commissioner’s Office to be reformed to help drive economic growth and innovation and strengthen public trust in use of data.
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Ex-Ericsson employee charged with bribery
A former account manager for Swedish telecom Ericsson has been charged in the US for his alleged role in paying around $2.1m (€1.78m) in bribes to Djibouti government officials and conspiring to launder funds.
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Ireland’s credit unions seek central bank guarantees following data leak
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is asking the central bank to assure it can protect personal data of people who have to register with it following disclosure of information to a third party.
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France issues warning after breach of visa-application website
The personal data of applicants for a French tourist visa has been stolen in a cyber-attack. Almost 9,000 people are reportedly affected.
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Activists ‘target UK gun owners’ in aftermath of data leak
Animal rights activists are reported to be contacting British farmers as thousands of names and addresses of gun owners are being shared online following the hack of gun-selling website Guntrader.
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Fourteen charged after ML-linked raids in Ireland
Nineteen people have been arrested and 14 charged so far in an ongoing operation led by Irish police (Garda) targeting organised crime, drug trafficking and associated money laundering centred on the city of Limerick.
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Armenia’s ex-prosecutor general charged with money laundering
The one-time prosecutor general in Armenia, Aghvan Hovsepyan, has been charged with laundering around AMD1.3bn ($2.5m, €2.1m) of money.
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Money laundering fears surface as El Salvador makes bitcoin official currency
El Salvador has become the first country to adopt digital currency bitcoin legal tender.
