European Agency for Financial Intelligence and Anti-Corruption

The European Agency for Financial Intelligence and Anti-Corruption (AFIAC) is a leading organization comprised of experts, human rights defenders, financiers, analysts, and journalists, who are committed to promoting financial transparency and combating corruption and fraud.

Progressive Governance Can Turn the Tide for Black Farmers 

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News In January 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman issued an order to allocate 40 acres to each freedman, the black ministers who lobbied for the policy envisioned vibrant, self-governed black agrarian communities dotting the Southern countryside. Unfortunately, President Andrew Johnson’s

Former White House tech leader says he’s got a fix for blockchain woes 

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News With vocal skeptics now abundant, the early, easy days of the blockchainrevolution are over. But Ed Felten, a Princeton professor who also served as deputy chief technology officer in the Barack Obama White House, thinks his startup has an answer for some of

France Can Offer Justice to Corruption Victims  

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News A Paris criminal court recently convicted Equatorial Guinea’s vice president in absentia of laundering more than US$120 million of his country’s assets in France, and seized his ill-gotten gains. The case, initiated by two French organizations and litigated for a decade, is a first

US Embassy in Morocco Upgrades Security Alert for Terror Risk

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Rabat – The US embassy in Rabat has issued a security alert, upgrading its risk assessment to “Level 2” for possible terrorist attacks in Morocco. The US embassy is warning tourists to be on alert for possible terrorist attacks, especially in areas foreigners

US Experts, Lawmakers Highlight China’s Threat to US Rail Security

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News China’s ambitions to become a top leader in the railway industry is threatening U.S. national security, according to industry experts and lawmakers. Chinese rail manufacturers have been able to expand quickly globally due to Beijing’s government policies and heavy subsidies. One

US report names Bahamas as money laundering jurisdiction 

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News THE Bahamas was listed among major international money laundering jurisdictions in 2018, a newly released United States Department of State report said, highlighting sources of laundered proceeds included firearms trafficking, human smuggling and tax fraud. #At the time the report was

U.S. and Ethiopian Officials Clash Over Boeing 737 MAX Crash Investigation 

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News U.S. AND ETHIOPIAN officials are clashing over how to handle the investigation into the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airline that crashed after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 people on board. U.S. investigators have complained

Chair of North Carolina GOP Charged in Bribery and Corruption Scheme

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, who abruptly announced his retirement this week, is among four top political and business figures charged in a corruption and bribery scheme, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. Robert Hayes, a former

Hexion, Momentive and Norsk Hydro all hit by ransomware cyber attacks 

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Three large chemical manufacturing companies based in Norway and the US have fallen victim to ransomware attacks, after a program called LockerGoga gained access to systems, encrypted files and disrupted operations. On 19 March the global aluminium producer Norsk Hydro was

Leveraging Financial Intelligence to Counter Transnational Threat Networks in the Americas 

  — Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Financing is the critical enabler for any organization, even for the Mexican cartels, Central American gangs, and international terrorist groups. Following the money trail helped governments better understand, detect, disrupt, and counter transnational threat networks. Since 2008, the United States and