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MONEY LAUNDERING

The Capital One case is part of a wave of lawsuits that U.S. President Donald Trump or his business interests have filed since he retook the White House last year.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2026
Capital One cites money laundering review in Trump-related suit
The bank said the internal review was triggered by ¡°transaction patterns¡± that ¡°are among the types of activity flagged by federal banking guidance.¡±
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2026
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
The collecting and trading of cards, once a pastime confined to the schoolyard, is now a lucrative global market.
Thai soldiers inspect inside a workstation at a compound in O'Smach that the Thai military said was used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O¡¯Smach border crossing, in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on March 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
Cambodian tycoon was landlord to Chinese scammers and human traffickers
A gambling empire controlled by a powerful Cambodian tycoon ?was the landlord of a compound that was used for industrial-scale scamming and human trafficking operations, a news investigation?has found.
Alipay has been mentioned by legislators in discussions about the use of foreign payment apps in Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2026
Chinese payment apps raise questions in Japan
Legislators and regulators wonder if the apps are being used to bypass the domestic financial system.
The Cabinet of Sanae Takaichi approved amendments to the criminal proceeds law to strengthen anti¨Cmoney laundering measures, including allowing police to open dummy online bank accounts to trace scam funds while protecting victims¡¯ deposits.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2026
Japan to step up its fight against money laundering by scammers
The change will allow police to open online bank accounts under fictitious names for scammers to then use so police can track the flow of money.
Huione headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in March 2025. Huione Group and its affiliates have laundered at least $4 billion for criminals.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2026
Cambodia says it extradited accused money laundering leader to China
The Southeast Asian country added that the action showed it was cracking down on scam ?operations.
The former offices of MBaer Merchant Bank in Zurich. The bank, which was accused by regulatory authorities of money laundering schemes linked to Venezuela, Russia and Iran, was forced to liquidate on Feb. 27.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2026
How a dirty money trail from Venezuela to Iran brought down a Swiss bank
MBaer Merchant Bank built a lucrative business charging clients as much as ten times the going rate to process payments that other banks wouldn¡¯t handle.
Thai police officers stand guard in front of the country's Supreme Court in Bangkok in June 13.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2026
Thailand seeks arrest of foreigner accused of $30 million cross-border fraud
A Thai court issued arrest warrants for a foreign businessman and his wife accused of investment fraud and money laundering dating back to 2016.
According to a report released by the National Police Agency, criminal organizations are paying higher prices to acquire bank accounts that are then used to move illicit funds.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2026
Police move to tighten money-laundering laws
While penalties for selling a bank account include a maximum of one year in prison or a ?1 million fine, a report from the National Police Agency deemed them insufficient.
Buildings inside the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone along the Mekong river in the Bokeo province of Laos on May 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2025
¡®Las Vegas in Laos¡¯: the riverside city awash with crime
With the initial aim of attracting tourists with casinos and resorts, the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone quickly became a center for money laundering and trafficking.
A broker in the city of Osaka displays a sign for religious corporation deals.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 9, 2025
Religious corporation sales rising in Japan amid tax evasion concerns
There are increasing concerns?that buyers may exploit the tax privileges granted to religious corporations.
Tokyo police have arrested three individuals, including 37-year-old Takuya Higuchi, a member of a money laundering group, on suspicion of fraud.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2025
Tokyo police arrest three believed to have been laundering money for ¡®Luffy¡¯
One of the three arrested is Takuya Higuchi, 37, a resident of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, whose occupation is unknown.
Among the proposals by the Financial Services Agency include removing cash and other items that have a high risk of being used for money laundering from a list of items that can be kept in safe deposit boxes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2025
Japanese regulators seek stricter rules on safe deposit boxes
The Financial Services Agency is proposing, among others, barring the storage of cash and other items with high risk of being used for money laundering.
The Osaka Prefectural Police recently arrested three people who allegedly had some ?4.9 billion in total paid into their bank accounts from about 10,000 people who took part in overseas online gambling.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2024
Three arrested over alleged laundering of online casino money
The suspects allegedly had some ?4.9 billion in total paid into their bank accounts from about 10,000 people who took part in overseas online gambling.
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, has been arrested as part of an investigation of crimes related to child pornography, drug trafficking and fraudulent transactions on the platform.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2024
Telegram CEO arrested in probe into child porn, drug trafficking on app
The investigation over suspected complicity in various crimes includes the refusal to communicate information to authorities.
Attendees wave the flags of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region during an event aboard a Star Ferry to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in Hong Kong on July 1.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 9, 2024
As Singapore steps up scrutiny, affluent Chinese return to Hong Kong
Fallout from a blockbuster $2.2 billion money laundering case has put Singapore¡¯s family offices and wealthy immigrants under a microscope.
Peruvian political scion Keiko Fujimori is accused of allegedly having led a criminal enterprise that laundered some $17 million to fund her presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2016.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2024
Peru puts political scion Keiko Fujimori on trial for money laundering
Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up to 30 years for the daughter of the country¡¯s disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori.
A member of the Sinaloa Cartel shows capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, in 2022.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2024
Chinese ¡®underground bankers¡¯ launder Sinaloa drug money
24 defendants have been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and money laundering offenses.
An individual said to be a key member of a group involved in the laundering of proceeds derived from criminal activities ¡ª 41-year-old Ryohei Fujii ¡ª has been arrested by the Osaka Prefectural Police in connection with the scheme.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2024
Osaka police looks to freeze 1,300 accounts in money laundering bust
Typically, such police requests are made on an individual basis, but in this case the police have taken the unusual step of requesting a blanket freeze.
North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song speaks during a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 8, 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2024
U.N. experts: North Korea laundered $147.5 million in stolen crypto
The money was stolen from the HTX cryptocurrency exchange before being laundered in March this year, the experts said.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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