Tag: Money laundering

  • Police action involving over 100 officers

    Police action involving over 100 officers

    Yesterday, the police carried out a large-scale operation on suspicion of human trafficking, money laundering and organized criminal activity. This operation was probably the largest ever carried out in Iceland. In one of the largest operations of its kind, around 100 police officers yesterday participated in raids on numerous locations, homes and businesses over suspected…

  • Swedish “Dog Trainer” – one of Europe's most wanted women

    Swedish “Dog Trainer” – one of Europe's most wanted women

    The women seem to be increasing in numbers in the gangs and climbing higher and higher in the hierarchy. Hear Simon Andrén, crime reporter at Ekot, about how Swedish police suspect that the young woman, who got involved with street dogs in Spain, was at the same time part of a large money laundering ring…

  • This is how the Chinese mafia's brutal methods can come to Sweden

    This is how the Chinese mafia's brutal methods can come to Sweden

    Machete murder, human trafficking and money laundering. The Chinese mafia acts globally and according to information to Aftonbladet, Swedish gang members establish contacts with criminals in China. China commentator Hanna Sahlberg tells about the violence of the Chinese mafia. Host: Robin Olin Guests: Hanna Sahlberg, China commentator Ekot Producer: Catarina Spåre Gustafsson and Viola Gad…

  • Record number of travelers refused entry to Iceland at Keflavík airport

    Record number of travelers refused entry to Iceland at Keflavík airport

    As reported by mbl.is, Keflavík airport has seen a record 258 refusals of entry to Iceland this year, mainly due to suspected criminal activity. Police in Suðurnes also actively investigated smuggling and money laundering cases and made significant seizures. Last year, police in Suðurnes investigated 69 smuggling cases […]

  • A man who supplied electronics to Russia was convicted of money laundering

    A man who supplied electronics to Russia was convicted of money laundering

    A man from Lappeenranta appealed his sentence for aggravated money laundering, but the Court of Appeal confirmed it.

  • The boxing mafia

    The boxing mafia

    The search warrant states that “in addition to drug smuggling, they have been involved in money laundering, weapons smuggling and murder”. In connection with the search, heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s advisor disappears. The reason is that the cartel leader and adviser are one and the same person, Daniel Kinahan. The program was made in the…

  • Russian-speaking networks arrange sham marriages to commit crimes

    Russian-speaking networks arrange sham marriages to commit crimes

    During the past year, the Operational Council – that is, the investment that 12 authorities have against organized crime – has focused on Russian-speaking networks in Sweden. During “Operation Robert”, the police were able to see how Russian-speaking networks flew EU citizens here through an advanced criminal scheme, helped them register and open Swedish bank…

  • An extensive cash confiscation and money laundering investigation in connection with drug smuggling revealed by the Customs

    An extensive cash confiscation and money laundering investigation in connection with drug smuggling revealed by the Customs

    The criminal network came to light when Customs stopped hundreds of narcotics during a customs inspection at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in March 2023. Almost 350 tablets, which were identified as oxycodone, alprazolam and zopiclone, were seized. The suspect had smuggled drugs into the country, hiding them both internally and in his luggage. The Department of Health…

  • Axel Gordh Humlesjö

    Axel Gordh Humlesjö

    The journalist Axel Gordh Humlesjö works with investigative journalism on SVT’s “Assignment Review”. He received the Great Journalism Award for, together with colleagues, having revealed how Swedbank had been part of the world’s largest money laundering ring. In April, the documentary series “Shadow War” was released on SVT – about Putin’s spies in Sweden. Axel…

  • An effective police model, clean water and the absence of millions from controversial investments: Finland in the world press

    An effective police model, clean water and the absence of millions from controversial investments: Finland in the world press

    Currently, RCMP personnel spend six months at a training center followed by six months of on-the-job training, which the commission considers “inappropriate.” The article notes that the commission’s report called that model “inadequate in preparing RCMP members for the complex demands of modern policing.” Finnish police operations Lotta ParjanenThe head of training at the police…

  • YLE: The ECB is planning a digital euro as an alternative to card payments

    YLE: The ECB is planning a digital euro as an alternative to card payments

    It is the electronic equivalent of cash and would be primarily available to people, businesses and authorities in the euro area, although it could also be used by people outside the monetary union as long as they have an account with a bank in the union. It would offer two main advantages over payment cards:…

  • Arrested with fake IDs and several million in cash

    Arrested with fake IDs and several million in cash

    Two men were detained for a week on suspicion of involvement in identity card fraud and other offences. One of the men had over 40,000 in his backpack. euros and lots of ID cards with different names. Police are investigating possible money laundering, falsification of documents, violations of immigration law and the Alien Employment Rights…

  • Denmark vulnerable to foreign bribery – report

    The OECD has published a report strongly criticizing Denmark’s approach to combating bribery involving foreign companies or individuals, along with several recommendations (see factbox) to improve the situation. The report, published by the OECD’s working group on bribery, said Denmark places “insufficient priority on preventing, detecting and sanctioning foreign bribery” and must urgently step up…

  • Why the mafia believes in Denmark. And how Denmark has made them a fortune

    Reading the news in Denmark is a more cheerful affair than in many countries. Topping happiness metrics, winning the handball, overcoming inequality: it’s all rosy here – not rotten at all. It can also sometimes feel just a little boring. Morten Beiter, the author of ‘Mafiaen Kommer’, a book warning of the Italian mafia’s tentacular…

  • EuroMarket’s case dismissed

    EuroMarket’s case dismissed

    A six-year investigation into what police described as one of the biggest drug and money laundering cases in Icelandic history has ended without charges. The former defendant in the case is demanding an apology. In December 2017, Europol announced that joint operations of the Icelandic, Polish and Dutch services led to the dismantling of a…

  • Swedbank’s former CEO is acquitted of the charges of gross fraud

    Swedbank’s former CEO is acquitted of the charges of gross fraud

    Birgitte Bonnesen, former CEO of Swedbank, is acquitted of the charges of gross fraud, alternatively gross market manipulation, and unauthorized disclosure of insider information. Almost four years ago, the SVT program Uppdrag gränskning revealed that Swedbank had let through suspected money laundering transactions worth SEK 40 billion. Hear the verdict and analysis by economic commentator…

  • Customs suspect €300,000 cash smuggler used vacuum cleaner in Iran scheme

    Customs suspect €300,000 cash smuggler used vacuum cleaner in Iran scheme

    The money was found in Helsinki-Vantaa in the spring of 2021. Customs is investigating the case as gross money laundering.

  • Guest opinion: More war or EU enlargement?

    Guest opinion: More war or EU enlargement?

    The time is now for the EU to show leadership and put forward – with maximum fanfare – a peace plan between Ukraine and Russia that will absorb both nations as full members of the EU. Proven peacemakerAt first glance, the very idea of ​​the EU stretching from Galway to Vladivostok would seem absurd to…

  • Right now: Danske Bank is fined 2 billion dollars

    Right now: Danske Bank is fined 2 billion dollars

    The major Danish bank Danske Bank has agreed to fine 2.06 billion dollars, equivalent to 15.3 billion Danish kroner, for the money laundering scandal in Estonia. This is stated in a press release, writes Nyhetsbyrån Direkt. During 2018 and 2022, Danske Bank has reserved a total of 15.5 billion Danish kroner, which will cover the…

  • Police: Young people got 1.2 million euros by taking advantage of S-bank’s vulnerability

    Police: Young people got 1.2 million euros by taking advantage of S-bank’s vulnerability

    The suspects are also believed to have logged into the accounts of 140 customers of S Bank. West Uusimaa Police Department on Monday was revealed The suspects, aged 16-23, took advantage of the vulnerability to get around 1.2 million euros. Approximately EUR 500,000 of the criminal profit has been successfully recovered and confiscated by the…

  • Kindred receives a warning and penalty fee from the Swedish Gambling Authority

    Kindred receives a warning and penalty fee from the Swedish Gambling Authority

    According to SGA, Kindred has failed to meet Enhanced Due Diligence requirements and has not taken sufficient steps to assess the risk that its services are being used for money laundering and terrorist financing. The investigations conducted by SGA cover the period from January 2019 to February 2022. Since 2021, Kindred has implemented several improvements…

  • The courts find the victims of the “love scam” guilty of money laundering

    The courts find the victims of the “love scam” guilty of money laundering

    In very similar cases, two women received large sums of money from other women’s accounts and transferred the sums of money to accounts abroad.

  • The Garda engages in international operations on four continents

    The Garda engages in international operations on four continents

    DUBLIN, Ireland – An Garda Sochna has taken part in a major international law enforcement operation, working with INTERPOL and law enforcement agencies in 13 countries on four continents. The operation known internationally as Operation JACKAL, but called Operation SKEIN in Ireland, took place during the last week of last month until the first week…

  • Operation Greed: Historic verdicts in huge fraud case

    Operation Greed: Historic verdicts in huge fraud case

    Around 16 people have received prison terms and fines totaling DKK 875 million in relation to the largest fraud case in Danish history. In total, 155 court hearings were required to reach a conclusion – almost exactly double the 77 initially indicated. The police investigation, codenamed ‘Operation Greed’, began in 2018. Most of the crimes…

  • The Onecoin Scam – Sebastian Greenwood and the Great Crypto Pyramid

    The Onecoin Scam – Sebastian Greenwood and the Great Crypto Pyramid

    In this week’s P3 Krim, we tell you about a giant lifestyle company connected to a cryptocurrency that never actually existed, but instead turned out to be a classic pyramid scheme. It concerns the tangle surrounding the cryptocurrency onecoin, where scores of people have been cheated, including tens of thousands in Sweden. In onecoin’s case,…

  • PM: Ukraine’s EU candidate sends a message of hope

    PM: Ukraine’s EU candidate sends a message of hope

    prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said that granting Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status was a historic decision that would take it on the path to membership of the Union. "It is a message of hope for these regions and shows that they belong to the European family. In the future, they will be part…

  • Danish news Round-Up: The Danish government no longer recommends vaccines for children

    Danish news Round-Up: The Danish government no longer recommends vaccines for children

    Søren Brostrøm, head of the National Board of Health, explained at a press conference on Wednesday that the COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be recommended for children. Instead, only the particularly vulnerable and Danes over the age of 50 will be recommended a vaccine for the autumn. The Prime Minister defends the decisionAccording to Brostrøm,…

  • Long prison sentence for the man behind the drug site Flugsvamp

    Long prison sentence for the man behind the drug site Flugsvamp

    In February 2020, a man was charged as responsible for the secret site Flugsvamp 2.0 where there is drug sales. The man is charged with a felony drug offense, as well as a felony money laundering offense. The echo transmits immediately.

  • Yle: A leaked inspection shows that Nordea has ignored money laundering concerns

    Yle: A leaked inspection shows that Nordea has ignored money laundering concerns

    An internal report issued by Luminor Bank in 2019 points to serious shortcomings in the anti-money laundering practices of Nordea and DNB’s Baltic unit in Norway. Luminor Bank was founded by Nordea and DNB in ​​2017. Yle’s investigation unit MOT found that billions of dubious euros were flowing through the Baltic offices of the two…

  • Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people

    Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people

    The self-employed work more on the weekends, according to figures from the Labor Force Survey, the labor force survey. They reveal that 41 percent worked regularly Saturday and Sunday in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 30 percent in the same period last year. In 2019 and 2020, the figure was 35 percent. Difference…

  • YLE: Finnish consumers faced a “double” rise in prices and interest rates

    YLE: Finnish consumers faced a “double” rise in prices and interest rates

    Growth was one percentage point higher than forecast by the European Central Bank (ECB) in March. In Finland, inflation accelerated more than the euro area average by one point from the previous month. Timo HirvonenHandelsbanken’s chief economist told YLE on Tuesday that the ECB has understandably had to repeatedly revise its consumer price forecast due…

  • Anja has cheated men of millions: “I do not get caught”

    Anja has cheated men of millions: “I do not get caught”

    “Anja” is actually called something else. Her voice is exchanged, and another person plays her in Caliber’s pictures. Against anonymity, she tells how she lived on manipulating, cheating and blackmailing men worth millions of kronor over the past twelve years. It started in my teens. Anja decides to deceive an older man she comes in…

  • Finland must improve the transparency of business and tax information, Finnwatch demands

    Finland must improve the transparency of business and tax information, Finnwatch demands

    The organization recalled that shortcomings in business and tax transparency increase the risk of corruption and constitute an obstacle to the investigation of money laundering and tax evasion. Finland performed poorly in the index in terms of the transparency of companies ‘ownership information, as the beneficiary’s information register is not open to everyone and contains…