Recently, an investigation by the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) concerning the poor efficacy of the anti-money-laundering (AML) systems was named the Pulitzer Prize finalist. The investigations revealed just how easily banks and therefore criminals launder dirty money without detection. The investigations cooped into FinCEN (the US financial intelligence authority) and also AML authorities…
How a mining corruption trial could be a turning point for dodgy offshore companies
A Geneva court handed Franco-Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz a five-year sentence and a CHF50 million (almost $56.5 million) fine over suspected corrupt business practices in Guinea. Stefan Wermuth/AFP
More than seven years after his former Geneva home was searched, Franco-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz was sentenced last Friday to a five-year prison term on charges of corruption and document forgery in a landmark case that will resonate far beyond Geneva’s Palais de Justice.
This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 09:00
January 26, 2021 - 09:00
Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Geneva
How a mining corruption trial could be a turning point for dodgy offshore companies
A Geneva court handed Franco-Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz a five-year sentence and a CHF50 million (almost $56.5 million) fine over suspected corrupt business practices in Guinea. Stefan Wermuth/AFP
More than seven years after his former Geneva home was searched, Franco-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz was sentenced last Friday to a five-year prison term on charges of corruption and document forgery in a landmark case that will resonate far beyond Geneva’s Palais de Justice.
This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 09:00
January 26, 2021 - 09:00
Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Geneva