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Nigerian Banks and Fintechs Filed 42,082 Suspicious Reports in 2025
Banks, fintech operators and other reporting entities submitted 42,082 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in 2025, according to the agency's 2025 Annual Report.
Aug 22


Spain Plans Bank and Gambling Levy to Fund New AML Authority
Spain plans to finance a new national anti-money laundering authority through a levy on banks, gambling operators and other licensed businesses, under a draft law aimed at overhauling the country's financial crime framework.
Aug 22


2 held in HK over alleged HK$35m money laundering linked to drug case
Hong Kong customs arrested two local men on Wednesday on suspicion of money laundering involving approximately HK$35 million ($4.4 million), following a probe into a drug-related case from last year.
Aug 22


The FCA has banned Demetrios Hadjigeorgiou from working in senior management positions in financial services and fined him £56,400.
The FCA has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services due to a serious lack of honesty and integrity.
Aug 22


FCA bans senior manager for lack of honesty and integrity
The FCA has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services due to a serious lack of honesty and integrity.
Aug 22


Former Goldman Sachs Investment Banker Convicted of Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering
Defendant Asante Kwaku Berko Paid More than $1 Million in Bribes Related to the Development of a Power Plant in Ghana
Aug 14


SFC obtains six-year disqualification order against former executive director of National United Resources Holdings Limited over fictitious transactions
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has obtained a six-year disqualification order in the Court of First Instance against Mr Tian Songlin, a former executive director of National United Resources Holdings Limited (NUR), after he admitted to breaching his fiduciary duties
Aug 14


Hearing adjourned in criminal prosecution for noncompliance with SFC notices in market manipulation investigations
The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today adjourned the hearing to 17 September 2026 on the criminal prosecution brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) against Mr Oliver Chow Pak Wah for his alleged failures to comply with the notices issued under section 183 of the Se
Aug 14
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