Tag money laundering

What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas

Not surprisingly, Las Vegas is a “money laundering paradise.” There have been multiple high-profile drug busts with accompanying money laundering charges. The Las Vegas Review Journal profiles an IRS agent who helped the DEA make some of the busts. Of…

Vatican Bank launders money and aids crime?

On December 12th court documents came to light detailing new money-laundering allegations against the Institute for Religious Works (IRW), otherwise known as the Vatican Bank. Italian prosecutors are claiming that the bank has repeatedly and deliberately ignored EU rules against…

Why money laundering matters

Bank Info Security “It is easy to forget and/or never really truly understand why this is such an important issue if you only see anti-money laundering as a paperwork detail,” Sullivan says. “Just look at what is going on at…