Bipartisan group of senators calls on Biden administration to combat illicit trade and TBML
A bipartisan group of US Senators has introduced Senate Resolution 610 urging the Biden administration to combat illicit trade and the use of trade-based money laundering (TBML). The resolution sponsored by five republican and four democratic senators includes steps the president can take to address TBML,…
Russian sanctions create incentives for TBML and illicit trade
Sanctions imposed on Russia create incentives for illicit trade schemes and trade-based money laundering (TBML) involving myriad of illicit methods according to an associate professor at the King’s Russia Institute in London. Alexander Kupatadze, who specialises in organised crime and corruption issues in post-Soviet Eurasia,…
Blockchain and artificial intelligence offer opportunities to curb illicit trade says TBML focused US senator
Sophisticated modern tools such as blockchain and artificial intelligence offer opportunities to see and analyse information and root out illicit trade according to a US senator who for years has been calling for more action to curb trade-based money laundering (TBML). US senator Bill Cassidy,…
Sharpened focus on illicit trade in natural resources anticipated after UN adopts Kyoto Declaration
Illicit trade in natural resources – including protected flora and fauna as well as illegally harvested and mined commodities such as timber, metals and stones – is likely to come into sharper focus after the UN’s adoption of the Kyoto Declaration on Advancing Crime Prevention,…
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