Tag: Money Laundering
Trial of NBA President for money laundering adjourned till May 10
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has adjourned till May 10 hearing of all pending applications filed…
Nigeria, Ghana enter EU blacklist for money laundering
Nigeria, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Panama were named in a proposed European Union blacklist of nations seen as posing a…
Money laundering: EFCC Intercepts $2.8m at Enugu Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Office, has intercepted 2.8 million dollars from two persons suspected to…
Trial ends in 10-year old N4.7b money laundering charge against Ladoja
Trial has ended in the 10-year-old case of alleged N4.7 billion money laundering case preferred against a former Governor of…
Malaysian ex-deputy PM charged with money laundering, graft
Malaysian former Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmad Zahid-Hamidi was charged on Friday with 45 offences including money laundering and graft amid…
N229m money laundering: Ex-minister, 4 others reappear in court
The former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Abdu Bulama and four others on Monday reappeared before a Federal High…
Money laundering: Council of EU tightens rules
The Council of the European Union adopted on Thursday a new directive aimed at counteracting money laundering, the council said…
Buhari signs new Executive Order 8 against money laundering
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the new Executive Order 008 to further tighten tax and money laundering rules…
Money laundering: Former Thai PM Thaksin’s son granted bail
A Thai court on Wednesday granted bail of 30,000 dollars (1 million baht) to the son of former Prime Minister,…
Wife of Malaysian’s former PM arrested for money-laundering
Malaysia’s anti-graft agency on Wednesday said it has arrested former first lady Rosmah Mansor and expects to charge her in…
Money laundering: Turkey orders detention of 417 suspects
Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants for 417 people on Tuesday, over their alleged involvement in money laundering, local media reported.
Money laundering charge: Court adjourns trial of 2 PDP chieftains
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned until Oct. 26 the trial of Clement Faboyede and Modupe Adetokunbo,…
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib’s lawyer charged with money laundering
A lawyer representing former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged with money laundering on Thursday, as anti-corruption agents try…
Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib pleads not guilty to money laundering charges
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges slapped on him on Wednesday, as the…
‘Stop $50 billion illegally leaving Africa annually’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the international community to take action against the flow of illegal funds, money-laundering…