Sunday, July 13, 2014

BOGUS KURDISTAN CURRENCY SHOWS UP ON THE INTERNET

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Just in case you are contacted by anyone seeking to exchange currency from Iraqi  Kurdistan, these are totally bogus. The Kurdistan Regi...

SHOULD OCC SANCTIONS FOR AML FAILURES AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE ?

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How many times have you looked at a Consent Order, stipulated between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and a national...
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WILL PANAMA'S NEW REFORMIST PRESIDENT FIX THE COUNTRY'S BROKEN JUSTICE SYSTEM ?

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Panamanians are placing all their hopes in newly-elected President Varela; the first thing that needs to be fixed is the country's ...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

RUSSIA UNHAPPY AFTER US GRABS SON OF DUMA MEMBER IN THE MALDIVES

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Roman Seleznev and family American law enforcement agents took the fugitive hacker Roman Seleznev into custody in the Maldives, and fle...

VIKTOR BOUT'S RUSSIAN ATTORNEY CLAIMS HE HAS NO FUNDS TO PURSUE LEGAL CHALLENGES TO HIS EXTRADITION AND CONVICTION

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In yet another media interview, convicted arms traffickers Viktor Bout's Moscow lawyer has asserted that he is without funds to obta...

UNITED STATES OPPOSES RICHARD CHICHAKLI'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL

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The United States Attorney's office in New York City has filed a memorandum of law in opposition of the Rule 33 motion, filed by def...
Friday, July 11, 2014

ISIS SHIPPING CRUDE OIL TAKEN FROM IRAQ INTO KURDISH REGION FOR SALE

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ISIS-occupied regions of Iraq & Syria The radical Islamist group ISIS apparently is not satisfied with the millions that it stole ...
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PANAMA'S GOVERNMENT HAS A $300m BUDGET SHORTFALL

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The Panamanian press is reporting that the Government of the Republic of Panama has revealed that it is, in essence, insolvent. There is...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

THE "BAD SEED OF PANAMA" LEAVES SECURITIES REGULATOR TO WORK FOR AGENCY'S PRINCIPAL TARGET

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Ignacio Fabrega de Obarrio Ignacio Fabrega, a senior official at The Superintendency of Securities (Smv), Panama's Securities re...

COMPLIANCE DEFICIENCIES CAN TRANSLATE INTO LOSS OF VALUE FOR PUBLICLY-TRADED BANKS

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A quick look at NASDAQ quotes shows that the 25% hit that the price of stock of the Bancorp Inc., of Delaware, suffered when regulators...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

PRESIDENT OF BILLION-DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME LIFE SETTLEMENT FIRM RELEASED FROM FEDERAL PRISON EARLY

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Readers who have been following the story of Peter Lombardi, the former president of Mutual Benefits Corp., and who, as such, fronted fo...
Monday, July 7, 2014

A FINAL NOTE ABOUT THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

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If you had any illusions about the possibility of compliance reform at the Royal Bank of Canada, don't hold your breath. The bank h...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

WHEN WILL RUSSIA RETURN KONIGSBURG TO EUROPE ?

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While the old colonial powers of Europe have long ago divested themselves of enclaves, Russia stubbornly holds onto European territory ...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AND THE TWENTY BOXES OF MONEY ORDERS IT ACCEPTED FOR DEPOSIT

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I am still waiting for the Royal Bank of Canada to explain to the public how it accepted twenty boxes of American money orders at its M...
Friday, July 4, 2014

WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH BNP PARIBAS COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ?

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If you were offended when I not only outed the fired senior compliance officers at BNP, but posted their photographs on my blog, then y...