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Kazakhstan busts $14B Russia-linked laundering scheme

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that about $14 billion was moved through one of the country’s banks in what he described as an outrageous case of suspected financial misconduct, The Moscow Times reported on Jan. 28.

29 January, 09:31 AM

French police seize gold and cash from former Ukrainian top prosecutor

French police discovered several kilograms of gold, tens of thousands of euros, and 18 luxury watches in a search of former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun’s villa, ZN.UA wrote on Dec. 22.

23 December 2025, 12:20 PM

EU to add Russia to blacklist for money laundering and terrorism financing

The European Union will add Russia to its blacklist of high-risk countries for money laundering and terrorism financing. Politico reported on Dec. 3, citing two EU officials and a document it reviewed.

3 December 2025, 08:46 PM

Mindich ‘influenced’ Halushchenko and Umerov, prosecution says

Tymur Mindich, a businessman and longtime associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, exerted undue influence over then-energy and defense ministers (Herman Halushchenko and Rustem Umerov, respectively), the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) asserted in court on Nov. 11.

11 November 2025, 10:41 PM

FBI probe targets Zelenskyy’s associate Mindich—report

Tymur Mindich, a Ukrainian businessman and close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, may soon be named in an official FBI investigation, Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported on Nov. 6, citing sources.

7 November 2025, 02:28 AM

EU leaves Russia off money laundering blacklist

Russia is not included in the European Commission’s (EC) updated list of high-risk jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes, according to its June 10 press release.

12 June 2025, 07:36 AM

SBU detains son of Motor Sich traitor Bohuslayev in Monaco over $650M embezzlement

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in cooperation with France and Monaco, has detained the son of the Motor Sich ex-president, suspected of helping his father embezzle the industrial giant assets, the officers reported on May 2.

2 May 2025, 01:00 PM

Poroshenko’s bank slapped with biggest fine in sweeping NBU crackdown

Ukraine’s National Bank in March fined six banks a combined 59.55 million hryvnias for violating anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws, the regulator said.

8 April 2025, 11:35 PM

Ex-Presidential aide detained over multi-million dollar theft

A former advisor to the Presidential Office and an officer of the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine), Artem Shilo, has been placed in pre-trial detention on charges of embezzling $2.48 million from Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's state railway company.

4 April 2024, 01:50 PM

Serbian court reopens case against former SBU general Naumov

The High Court in Serbia’s Niš will run a retrial of the case of former SBU (Ukraine’s security service) General Andriy Naumov, who had previously been convicted of money laundering, RFE/RL reported on March 18.

18 March 2024, 11:00 PM

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