The Panama Papers revelations have prompted Denmark to consider introducing longer jail sentences for those committing financial crimes, authorities announcedon Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD – Investigators probing the offshore properties of the Prime Minister’s family that were revealed in the Panama papers questioned his younger brother on Saturday.

The US has accused a Chinese-based company of laundering money from a sanctioned North Korean bank through American financial institutions, Reuters reported Friday.

An Indian congressman was questioned Friday about his alleged role in a money laundering scheme linked to a slum rehabilitation project worth US$ 62 million in Bandra, India.

A Court in Delhi ordered Fridaytheextension of anIndian businessman’s custody pending further investigation of his alleged role inademonetized currencylaundering scheme worth nearlyUS$8 million.

A Thai property tycoon was charged Monday with money laundering as part of a widening embezzlement investigation that involves a major bank and a 1,000-acre Buddhist temple.

Five suspects pleaded guilty to having participated in a multi-million dollar impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme conducted out of India-based call centers, U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

Ireland’s central bank said Tuesday it fined the Bank of Ireland €3.15 million (US$ 3.52 million) for neglecting its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing controls.

Petrofac, an international oilfield services provider, announced Thursday that it suspended its Chief Operating Officer in response to a criminal investigation by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Macedonia’s special prosecutor said Monday it had asked courts to freeze the assets of the country’s nationalist VMRO-DPMNE, including its headquarters, amid deepening investigations into the former ruling party.

Italian police said Monday that in a crackdown on a mafia gang they arrested 14 people and took control over several businesses, including four management offices of the Lidl supermarket chain.

Prevezon Holdings Limited, a Cyprus-based company, agreed on Friday to pay US$5,896,333.65 to the US Treasury to settle a money laundering and civil forfeiture action uncovered by the deceased Russian lawyer Sergei Magnistsky.

The most popular president in Brazilian history, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was grilled for five hours in court Wednesday by the country’s top anti-corruption judge for his alleged role in the unfolding Petrobras scandal.

Eight more people were charged Tuesday for their role in the embezzlement and money laundering of 17,528 million pesos (US$ 26 million) from Chile’s state police force, the Carabiniers, which brings the total number of those accused in the scandal to 43.

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday charged a former aid to the mayor of the southern city of Melaka with money laundering and criminal breach of trust involving funds worth around RM19.3 million (US$4.4 million), media reported.

Virginia police announced Friday the indictment of 43 people on more than 743 charges after a two-year, multi-agency investigation into cigarette trafficking, banking fraud and money laundering.

The Spanish High Court will question seven former HSBC executives suspected of money laundering and tax fraud in an investigation that was triggered by an ex-employee who leaked client data, Reuters reported Thursday.

A US federal court convicted a former Guinea minister of laundering US$8.5 million in bribes he took from a Chinese tycoon in exchange for mining rights in Guinea, media reported Wednesday.

Ireland’s Central Bank announced Wednesday it had fined Allied Irish Banks Plc (AIB) – one of the country’s "big four" commercial lenders - €2.27 million (US$ 2.47 million) for "significant failures" in preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.

Guy Philippe, a 49-year-old former Haitian coup leader and senator-elect, pleaded guilty Monday in the Miami federal court to a drug-related money laundering charge, the Associated Press reported.