"Swedbank and Danske Bank, Denmark’s biggest bank, remain under criminal and civil investigation by US regulators over money laundering scandals amounting to hundreds of billions of euros..."
"The investigation also shows transactions that can be linked to the most extensive tax fraud of its kind in Russian history, which was exposed by tax accountant Sergei Magnitsky..."
"...the bank has known about Yanukovych’s business since 2017, when Ukrainian authorities sent a request to Swedbank for information about that specific bank account."
"A scandal implicating Sweden’s oldest bank widened with revelations that...transactions with potential connections to alleged Danske Bank money laundering--amounted to $10.2 billion..."
"Two offshore companies owned by homeless alcoholics used accounts in Swedbank’s Estonian branch to transfer up to €180 million to a wholesaler which experienced suspiciously rapid growth..."
"...implicated in a massive money laundering scandal, standing accused of giving US investigators misleading information. The bank's CEO, Birgitte Bonnesen, has been fired."
Sweden: Swedbank offices raided over money laundering p.dw.com/p/3FkMo
November 20, 2019
"Russian oligarch Mikhail Abyzov built a complex network of offshore companies that were used to move a fortune out of Russia, according to a Swedbank internal draft report..."
"Swedbank was alleged to have processed suspect gross transactions of up to $22 billion a year from mostly Russian non-residents through Estonia from 2010 to 2016."
“...report published this week finds that the bank actively sought clients with a high-risk profile and passed at least US$40 billion in high-risk transactions..."🤔
"Latvia’s Prosecution Office pressed charges against 11 people, including former Swedbank’s employees, accusing them of money-laundering, the bank’s Latvian branch announced."
"...report which alleged that the banks are being investigated by 3 federal authorities - the Justice Department, the FBI and a federal prosecutor’s office in NY."
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Europe’s last dictator, has been named 2021’s Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in recognition of all he has done to advance organized criminal activity & corruption. occrp.org/en/poy/2021/
Other Finalists:
🇦🇫Former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani
🇸🇾President of Syria Bashar Al-Assad
🇹🇷President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🇦🇹Former Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz
"The case, in which 2 other people have also been charged...investigation into one of the world's biggest money laundering scandals...more than 200 billion euros in suspicious transactions flowed through its Estonian branch from 2007 to 2015."
"The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, erupted after videos emerged showing Itamar Ben-Gvir—a follower of the notorious radical rabbi Meir Kahane—pulling a handgun out of his holster and waving it in the direction of two young Arab garage attendants..."
T thedailybeast.com/benjamin-netan…
The story of Kahane is quite interesting and very relevant. Much of it takes place in America.
"Addressing the core causes & sources of transnational criminal activities is an urgent priority..."
FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration Launches New Efforts to Counter Transnational Criminal Organizations & Illicit Drugs whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
"The two executive orders, Establishing the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime and Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade will help to counter the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations to American communities."
"The Administration is formally establishing the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime (USCTOC), bringing together 6 key departments and agencies..."
Executive Order on Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
"CommunityBank of Texas (CBOT) has agreed to pay $8 million as part of a consent order reached with FinCEN regarding deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) program..."
"...an enterprise federal authorities described as one of the nation's biggest illegal sports gambling and money laundering operations."
Feds: Texas family ran $33M illegal sports gambling outfit abcn.ws/2J6mX1b/
"In addition to prison time, the Tillerys have agreed to forfeit a total of more than $35 million in judgments, cash, properties, watches, jewelry, and sports memorabilia."