French prosecutors have placed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's uncle, suspected of using ill-gotten gains to build a vast real estate empire, under investigation for corruption and money-laundering.

Rifaat al-Assad, 78, a Syrian former vice president, is accused of acquiring millions of pounds’ worth of assets in France illegally. 

The regulations would require banks to maintain electronic filters to flag suspicious transactions

New York’s top banking regulator is set to publish on Thursday strict and long-awaited anti-money-laundering regulations to take effect in 2017.

Τι προβλέπουν τα άρθρα 99-106 του ν. 3588/2007 του Πτωχευτικού Κώδικα 

Για να υπαχθεί φυσικό ή νομικό πρόσωπο θα πρέπει να έχει ληξιπρόθεσμες οφειλές τουλάχιστον 500.000 ευρώ.

Η συμφωνία συνδιαλλαγής δεσμεύει μόνο εκείνους που την υπέγραψαν.

Μηδενικό κούρεμα οφειλών, αλλά εξόφληση των υποχρεώσεών της ύψους 1,324 δισ. ευρώ σε βάθος 15ετίας προβλέπει το σχέδιο εξυγίανσης που κατέθεσε χθες η Μαρινόπουλος προς το δικαστήριο για να ανοίξει η διαδικασία εξυγίανσης και να υπαχθεί στο άρθρο 99. 

Swedish mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson is being investigated by U.S. authorities over possible corruption related to its business in China, Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) reported late on Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

The recordings suggested Fabiano Silveira tried to derail a sprawling corruption investigation

Brazil’s Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira resigned on Monday after leaked recordings suggested he tried to derail a sprawling corruption probe, the latest cabinet casualty impacting interim President Michel Temer’s administration.

A former president and vice-president of Guatemala have been formally charged with corruption and money-laundering.

Otto Perez Molina and Roxana Baldetti are among 70 people accused of involvement in a scheme that embezzled millions of dollars of government money.

Both strongly deny the accusations.

The Infocredit Group has released a study on the mentality and strategy of local companies and how these have changed throughout the course of the past 6 years. Indeed, the report captures the effects of the financial crisis of 2013 on Cypriot businesses, as well as on the economy at large.

The crisis that struck Cyprus over the past six years has led to a noticeable change in the behaviour of Cypriot companies, a study carried out by Infocredit Group shows.