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The Supreme Court summoned Sumar Deputy Félix Alonso Cantorné on June 15 to testify as an accused party for alleged administrative prevarication in contract awards when he was mayor of Altafulla (Tarragona) between 2011-2019.
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FINMA concluded enforcement proceedings against Wendelspiess Partners AG for serious breaches of financial services rules.
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Head of Iran's General Inspection Organization confirmed financial abuse at Mobarakeh Steel, stating the amount may exceed 92 trillion tomans (~$2 billion USD) previously mentioned.
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Dubai civil court ordered a former financial manager at a real estate brokerage firm and his company to jointly pay 491,374 dirhams after he was convicted of embezzling rental settlement funds. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment, fined, and ordered deported.
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France has become the global epicenter of crypto-related kidnappings, accounting for 70% of worldwide cases with 41 kidnappings in less than 5 months of 2026 (averaging one every 2.5 days). 88 individuals have been charged across 12 cases.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Prosecutor Amit Issman announced they will file an indictment against Yonatan Urich, advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the classified documents leak affair.
The State of Israel is suing Haredi organization Ohel Yosef for approximately 3 million shekels, alleging it submitted false attendance documentation to the Education Ministry for a decade.
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Former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero accused of leading a 'stable and hierarchical structure' to obtain benefits through intermediation with public institutions on behalf of Plus Ultra airline, which received €53 million from the State in 2021.
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FIA Commercial Banking Circle Karachi conducted raid in Soldier Bazaar Karachi East and arrested suspect Kabir involved in hundi-hawala network. Authorities recovered various foreign currencies and digital evidence related to transferring money abroad through hundi-hawala system. Case FIR No.
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Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Commercial Banking Circle Lahore arrested Asim Mehmood during a targeted raid on McLeod Road for alleged involvement in hawala-hundi and unauthorized currency exchange activities.
MAS revoked Major Payment Institution Licence of Bsquared Technology (BSQ) effective May 14, 2026. BSQ no longer permitted to provide digital payment token services in Singapore. MAS found BSQ provided false or misleading information to regulator on multiple occasions.
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FIA Commercial Banking Circle exposed illegal hundi hawala network in Soldier Bazaar Karachi. Suspect Kabir arrested with various foreign currencies and digital evidence recovered.
MAS imposed S$40,000 composition fine on Havenport Investments Pte Ltd (HIPL) for regulatory breaches including failure to maintain adequate risk management framework, breaching base capital requirement, and failing to report non-compliance to MAS.
Former Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon reached a plea agreement in the Yunit Credit case.
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FIA arrested bank manager Mohammad Saquib who was posted at private microfinance bank in Badar Commercial Area DHA Karachi for involvement in running hawala/hundi network.
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Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency Corporate Crime Circle Karachi arrested Faisal Abu Bakar and Ali Raza during a targeted raid at XPO Maritime Logistics on Shahrah-e-Faisal. Authorities seized Rs5.45 million Pakistani currency, US$44,140, and 45,155 UAE dirhams.
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Geneva Criminal Court convicted a wealth manager on April 28, 2026 for breach of trust and disloyal management.
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Four individuals arrested in Karachi for involvement in transferring over 1 billion rupees abroad via hawala system. Operation revealed connections to Malaysia, South Africa, and Turkey.
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Sophia Chikirou, deputy of La France Insoumise and candidate for Paris mayor, was tried from May 12, 2026 for fraud in an affair dating to July 2018 concerning the news site Le Média.
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The FCA opened an enforcement investigation into Consultation Claims Limited (CCL) following concerns about its conduct from April 2025 to December 2025, investigating allegations that consumers may have been signed up without consent and that signatures may have been forged.
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Leaked meeting minutes from May 29, 2024 show Russia's deputy defense minister, General Yunus-bek Yevkurov, pressured Syria to pay $37 million bill for providing security for oil installations. Yevkurov threatened to cut off financing for oil operations if Syria didn't pay.
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Three individuals connected to the Gur Hasidic community, including an attorney, allegedly conspired to sell a protected heritage building on Idelson Street in Tel Aviv for 9 million shekels to two buyers using forged documents and false representations regarding ownership.
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Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency Commercial Banking Circle arrested Ali Raza, an advertising company director, in connection with FIR No. 10/2026.
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Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency conducted what officials describe as the largest hawala/hundi crackdown in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Internal PDVSA documents revealed shell companies controlled by Carlos Malpica Flores and Maduro associates exported approximately $11 billion Venezuelan crude oil during 2021-2022 without state oil company receiving payment.
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Hawala providers in the UAE must register with the central bank within 90 days, and action will be taken for failure to do so, including financial penalties and imprisonment, according to a May 2026 announcement. Unlicensed Hawala activities remain illegal and subject to heavy fines and penalties.
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Three people were arrested as part of a crackdown on suspected illegal financial promotions, with homes in the Chelmsford and Romford areas searched as part of an operation led by the FCA.
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FCA secured guilty plea from Aaron Chalmers (Geordie Shore personality) for illegal financial promotions on social media. Part of week-long international operation (April 20-26) with 17 regulators targeting illegal finfluencers. FCA commenced criminal proceedings against 2 additional individuals.
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The FCA set out plans on 15 April 2026 to take action against Hartley Pensions Limited and an individual involved at the firm.
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FSB detained a St. Petersburg resident suspected of illegal export of military goods and technologies, specifically attempting to transfer components for repairing diesel generators for Varshavyanka project submarines to a foreigner.
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Martine Froger, socialist-affiliated deputy for Ariège, was placed under investigation on 23 March 2026 for breach of trust, breach of trust in organized conspiracy, failure to appoint statutory auditors, forgery and use of forgery, undeclared work, abuse of corporate assets and incomplete declarations to the HATVP.
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In March 2026, Bahrain proposed a decree-law introducing tougher penalties—including possible jail terms and fines of up to BD1 million—for violations of regulations governing financial activities supervised by the Central Bank of Bahrain.
The Financial Markets Tribunal upheld the DFSA's decision to impose a USD 25,000 fine on Al Ramz Capital for its failure to immediately report suspicious transactions that it had executed on Nasdaq Dubai on behalf of a client in April 2022.
The DFSA imposed a fine of USD 455,176 (AED 1,671,633) on reinsurance brokerage Ed Broking (MENA) Limited for contraventions of DFSA legislation, including engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. The fine comprises disgorgement of USD 175,343 and a penalty of USD 279,833.
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Working with HMRC and the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit, the FCA targeted 8 premises suspected of illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, issuing cease and desist letters at each site.
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Actor Dan Turgeman was convicted of concealing approximately 3.7 million shekels in income and failing to pay an additional 136,000 shekels in taxes between 2007-2012. The offenses involved undisclosed real estate transactions, rental income, and property sales where he evaded capital gains taxes.
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A forex trading firm in Dubai's Business Bay abruptly closed, leaving hundreds of investors stranded with significant losses. The company employed nearly 100 staff conducting cold calls promising 'guaranteed returns.'
The UAE Central Bank imposed a fine of 600,000 dirhams on a financing company under Article 137 of Federal Decree-Law No. 14 of 2018 concerning central bank regulation.
The UAE Central Bank imposed financial penalties totaling 2.62 million dirhams on five banks and two insurance companies for non-compliance with Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requirements.