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Kamis, 14 Juni 2012
Hollywood executives jailed for Thai film festival bribery
Two married Hollywood movie executives have been jailed for six months in Los Angeles for bribing Thai officials so they could run the Bangkok International Film Festival.
Gerald Green, 78, and Patricia Green 55, were sentenced to prison despite a supportive letter to the court from the veteran film star Kirk Douglas.
Mr Douglas said the couple “were extremely honest and fair in all of their dealings with me.”
The Greens were convicted of conspiracy and money laundering after a jury found they had paid a former Thai tourism official $1.8 million (£1.1 million) to secure the film festival rights, and other tourism-related deals, between 2002 and 2007.
The deals were said to have earned them more than $13 million (£8 million.)
Prosecutors said they created shell companies to pay off Juthamas Siriwan, former governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
They then transferred money into bank accounts of Juthamas’ daughter and a friend so they would be awarded business contracts.
Juthamas has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged in Thailand. She and her daughter have been charged with conspiracy in Los Angeles.
The Greens helped transform the Bangkok Film Festival, attracting stars including Jeremy Irons and director Oliver Stone to Thailand for the event.
Gerald Green’s career in Hollywood spans more than 30 years. He worked with Stone on the Oscar-nominated “Salvador” and was executive producer on the 2006 film “Rescue Dawn” which starred Christian Bale.
Patricia Green produced the 1999 comedy “Diamonds” starring Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall.
The Greens were also ordered to serve six months of home detention after their jail sentence and pay $250,000 (£150,000.)
Source: Telegraph
Selasa, 05 Juni 2012
Ghana fingered in Australia massive identity fraud
Ghana has been named as one of the countries whose citizens are stealing the identities of Australians.
News out in the Australian media say the theft which is in a large scale involves spies, drug dealers, illegal immigrants and people engaged in money laundering.
The report say passport details of five people emailed to a travel agent for travel for people from Ghana has been found.
One report by the Herald Sun citing documents from the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs and trade says the illegal practice of forging passports of living Australians is widespread.
According to the report, a fake or doctored Australian passport has been found, on average, once a week in the past three years.
Fake passports were detected at ports in countries including Britain, Dubai, Ghana, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Turkey, and Peru, the report indicated.
According to the report, some of the passports were in the hands of spies, smugglers and thieves.
Australian passports were used in 525 frauds in the last financial year, and many people were caught lying to get a passport, it said.
Source: Citifmonline
Senin, 04 Juni 2012
Khaleda Zia''s younger son goes on trial for money laundering
Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, went on trial today in a graft case for allegedly laundering Tk 23 crore.
Koko and Saimon were indicted for money laundering on November 30 last year.
Justice Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of Special Judge''s Court-3 recorded the statement of complainant Abu Sayeed, deputy director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the report said.
Hossain had framed the charges against the duo in their absence and said the trial would continue in their absence.
The anti-graft body has accused them of siphoning off money from China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd and Siemens for helping them win government contracts.
China Harbour got a Taka 351 crore contract to set up New Mooring Container Terminal and Siemens a Taka 239 crore contract to supply and install equipment for Teletalk, the state-owned mobile phone operator.
Koko, who was arrested in September 2007, on graft charges and paroled for treatment abroad in July the following year, is now in Bangkok.
Saimon has been on the run since the Anti-corruption Commission filed the money-laundering case against him and Koko on March 17, 2009.
A Bangladeshi court yesterday rejected a petition of Tarique Rahman, Koko''s elder brother, seeking relief in a money-laundering case.
Bangladesh''s Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Octobe 26, 2009, filed the case with a Dhaka court against Tarique and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun on charges of siphoning of Taka 204.1 million to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.
Bangladesh''s Appellate Division upheld the High Court verdict rejecting a petition challenging the money-laundering case against Tarique, the bdnews24 online reported.
Tarique, the senior vice-chairman of BNP, has 14 cases filed against him on various charges. He has been undergoing treatment in the UK. PTI
Source: MSN News
Rabu, 30 Mei 2012
BIMSTEC agree on convention against terror
India and six other members of a grouping of South Asia and South East Asia today agreed to firm up by November a convention to deal collectively with terrorism which is haunting these two regions.
Under the proposed convention, the member-countries of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) would cooperate in intelligence sharing, legal and law enforcement issues, combating financing of terrorism and prevention of illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals.
"We expressed the hope that the draft BIMSTEC Convention be finalised as soon as possible for signing during the next BIMSTEC Summit," said the grouping which comprises India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand in a joint statement issued after Foreign Ministerial meeting here.
The next Summit is expected to be held here in November this year.
In the field of trade and investment, the grouping resolved to conclude the negotiations on trade in goods under the proposed FTA at an early date, preferably before the next BIMSTEC Summit.
The Ministerial meeting also approved memoranda of association for setting centres for energy, weather and climate in India, tourism working group and BIMSTEC joint working group. PTI
Source: The Press Trust of India
Under the proposed convention, the member-countries of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) would cooperate in intelligence sharing, legal and law enforcement issues, combating financing of terrorism and prevention of illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals.
"We expressed the hope that the draft BIMSTEC Convention be finalised as soon as possible for signing during the next BIMSTEC Summit," said the grouping which comprises India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand in a joint statement issued after Foreign Ministerial meeting here.
The next Summit is expected to be held here in November this year.
In the field of trade and investment, the grouping resolved to conclude the negotiations on trade in goods under the proposed FTA at an early date, preferably before the next BIMSTEC Summit.
The Ministerial meeting also approved memoranda of association for setting centres for energy, weather and climate in India, tourism working group and BIMSTEC joint working group. PTI
Source: The Press Trust of India
Senin, 21 Mei 2012
India warned of suspicious transactions
29 Sep 2007, 0058 hrs IST,Pradeep Thakur,TNN
NEW DELHI: The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has forwarded a list of suspicious transactions, including hundreds of cases of suspected terror financing and doubtful foreign remittances, to Intelligence Bureau and other investigating agencies.
In its first annual report released recently, the FIU identified several accounts having a common beneficiary with huge and unexplained money transfers made to them.
Tasked to keep an eye on money laundering and combating terror financing, the FIU report said many of these foreign remittances were doubtful with scant information on the source of funds and actual beneficiaries. Some such account holders were even found to be on the Interpol's watch list and were known criminals.
These suspicious transactions included "cash deposits in bank accounts at multiple locations, off-market transactions in demat accounts, fraudulent use of ATM and credit cards and unexplained activity in accounts inconsistent with what would be expected from declared business."
Banks reported the highest number (437) of suspicious transactions in the last one year while financial institutions and intermediaries accounted for 380 such reports up to March 2007.
The ease with which terrorists and their fronts have laundered money in India through formal channels of transaction raises serious doubts on the efficacy of the strict due diligence regimen imposed by the government on banks and financial institutions a few years ago.
With reports of terror outfits gaining access to stock and commodity markets and evolving ways to evade checks put in place to scan their transactions, it seems money launderers and terrorists have perfected some device to go under the radar of the due diligence mechanism.
In light of the IPO scam, the government had begun harsh punitive action and barred some multinational banks from expanding in India and opening new branches. The punitive measures included sacking dozens of employees of at least two banks. But it seems these measures had only a momentary effect.
The FIU report said India received at least 14 enquiries from abroad related to terror financing and other suspicious transactions. In two cases, some countries, including the US, Canada, Russia and Germany, assisted India in disseminating information.
FIU officials were also sent to the US, Australia, Canada and Thailand to train with the anti-money laundering mechanism put in place by these countries. In the last one year, FIU officials also attended nine joint-working groups on counter-terrorism with the US, Germany, China, Russia, Italy, Canada, Singapore and Israel.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_warned_of_dubious_transactions/articleshow/2412984.cms
NEW DELHI: The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has forwarded a list of suspicious transactions, including hundreds of cases of suspected terror financing and doubtful foreign remittances, to Intelligence Bureau and other investigating agencies.
In its first annual report released recently, the FIU identified several accounts having a common beneficiary with huge and unexplained money transfers made to them.
Tasked to keep an eye on money laundering and combating terror financing, the FIU report said many of these foreign remittances were doubtful with scant information on the source of funds and actual beneficiaries. Some such account holders were even found to be on the Interpol's watch list and were known criminals.
These suspicious transactions included "cash deposits in bank accounts at multiple locations, off-market transactions in demat accounts, fraudulent use of ATM and credit cards and unexplained activity in accounts inconsistent with what would be expected from declared business."
Banks reported the highest number (437) of suspicious transactions in the last one year while financial institutions and intermediaries accounted for 380 such reports up to March 2007.
The ease with which terrorists and their fronts have laundered money in India through formal channels of transaction raises serious doubts on the efficacy of the strict due diligence regimen imposed by the government on banks and financial institutions a few years ago.
With reports of terror outfits gaining access to stock and commodity markets and evolving ways to evade checks put in place to scan their transactions, it seems money launderers and terrorists have perfected some device to go under the radar of the due diligence mechanism.
In light of the IPO scam, the government had begun harsh punitive action and barred some multinational banks from expanding in India and opening new branches. The punitive measures included sacking dozens of employees of at least two banks. But it seems these measures had only a momentary effect.
The FIU report said India received at least 14 enquiries from abroad related to terror financing and other suspicious transactions. In two cases, some countries, including the US, Canada, Russia and Germany, assisted India in disseminating information.
FIU officials were also sent to the US, Australia, Canada and Thailand to train with the anti-money laundering mechanism put in place by these countries. In the last one year, FIU officials also attended nine joint-working groups on counter-terrorism with the US, Germany, China, Russia, Italy, Canada, Singapore and Israel.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_warned_of_dubious_transactions/articleshow/2412984.cms
Thai ex-PM guilty of corruption
Exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to two years in prison by the Thai Supreme Court.
In a landmark ruling, he was found to have violated conflict of interest rules in helping his wife buy land from a state agency at a knock-down price.
The couple fled to the UK in August, saying they would not get a fair trial.
The decision comes amid growing tension between the former leader's supporters and his opponents.
The ruling is the first in a string of stalled and slow-moving cases against Thaksin, former owner and now honorary chairman of Manchester City Football Club, launched in the wake of the 2006 military coup.
The coup leaders claimed there had been massive corruption and abuse of power under Thaksin's rule, and set up a special unit to investigate the business dealings of the former leader and his close associates.
His wife has already been convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to three years in jail but was acquitted by the Supreme Court in the current case.
Political tensions
The nine-member court ruled by five to four that Thaksin had violated the constitution in involving himself in the land deal.
CASES AGAINST THAKSIN FAMILY
Case one: Corruption charges related to purchase of state land by his wife. Who: Thaksin and his wife. Status: Thaksin guilty, wife acquitted
Case two: Abuse of power linked to government lottery scheme. Who: Thaksin and several former Cabinet ministers. Status: Case accepted by Supreme Court
Case three: Abuse of power related to state loan to Burma alleged to have benefited family business. Who: Thaksin. Status: Case accepted by Supreme Court
Case four: Concealing assets. Who: Thaksin, wife and two others. Status: Awaiting court decision on proceeding to trial
Case five: Tax evasion. Who: Members of Thaksin's family. Status: Pojaman Shinawatra and her brother jailed for three years, her secretary for two years
Several other claims also lodged
"Thaksin had violated the article of the constitution on conflict of interest, as he was then prime minister and head of government who was supposed to work for the benefit of the public," one judge said as he read the verdict.
Thaksin said the charges were politically motivated and that he had expected the Supreme Court to sentence him, Reuters news agency reported. He told Reuters he was not seeking asylum in the UK.
The chief prosecutor in the case said he wanted Britain to "quickly extradite" Thaksin.
The verdict takes Thaksin another step away from returning to Thai politics, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Bangkok.
It is welcome news for the protesters who have been camped outside Government House for weeks, demanding the resignation of the government, saying it is too close to Thaksin, our correspondent adds.
The administration of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat - who is Thaksin's brother-in-law - has been virtually paralysed by the protests.
Source: GBC
In a landmark ruling, he was found to have violated conflict of interest rules in helping his wife buy land from a state agency at a knock-down price.
The couple fled to the UK in August, saying they would not get a fair trial.
The decision comes amid growing tension between the former leader's supporters and his opponents.
The ruling is the first in a string of stalled and slow-moving cases against Thaksin, former owner and now honorary chairman of Manchester City Football Club, launched in the wake of the 2006 military coup.
The coup leaders claimed there had been massive corruption and abuse of power under Thaksin's rule, and set up a special unit to investigate the business dealings of the former leader and his close associates.
His wife has already been convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to three years in jail but was acquitted by the Supreme Court in the current case.
Political tensions
The nine-member court ruled by five to four that Thaksin had violated the constitution in involving himself in the land deal.
CASES AGAINST THAKSIN FAMILY
Case one: Corruption charges related to purchase of state land by his wife. Who: Thaksin and his wife. Status: Thaksin guilty, wife acquitted
Case two: Abuse of power linked to government lottery scheme. Who: Thaksin and several former Cabinet ministers. Status: Case accepted by Supreme Court
Case three: Abuse of power related to state loan to Burma alleged to have benefited family business. Who: Thaksin. Status: Case accepted by Supreme Court
Case four: Concealing assets. Who: Thaksin, wife and two others. Status: Awaiting court decision on proceeding to trial
Case five: Tax evasion. Who: Members of Thaksin's family. Status: Pojaman Shinawatra and her brother jailed for three years, her secretary for two years
Several other claims also lodged
"Thaksin had violated the article of the constitution on conflict of interest, as he was then prime minister and head of government who was supposed to work for the benefit of the public," one judge said as he read the verdict.
Thaksin said the charges were politically motivated and that he had expected the Supreme Court to sentence him, Reuters news agency reported. He told Reuters he was not seeking asylum in the UK.
The chief prosecutor in the case said he wanted Britain to "quickly extradite" Thaksin.
The verdict takes Thaksin another step away from returning to Thai politics, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Bangkok.
It is welcome news for the protesters who have been camped outside Government House for weeks, demanding the resignation of the government, saying it is too close to Thaksin, our correspondent adds.
The administration of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat - who is Thaksin's brother-in-law - has been virtually paralysed by the protests.
Source: GBC
Jumat, 18 Mei 2012
Money laundering racket busted in Madhya Pradesh
A hawala racket being run through courier agencies was busted with the arrest of a dozen people and the seizure of Rs.3 million from them, a police official said Sunday. “The Crime Branch Saturday evening conducted raids at two places in the state capital and unearthed a network of hawala transactions,” Bhopal Superintendent of Police Jaideep Prasad told IANS Sunday.
Eight people were rounded up in the first raid in Old Bhopal area where the police recovered Rs.2.7 million.
“The kingpin, Vijay Ramchandani, who owns Bhole Bhandari courier service, had links in all major cities of the country. He has confessed he used to send out Rs.50-60 lakh (Rs.5-6 million) of money a week,” Prasad said.
After his arrest, another raid was carried out in MP Nagar in New Bhopal area, where a separate hawala racket was being run by Kamlesh Gyanchandani. Two of his accomplices were arrested and about Rs.300,000 was recovered from them.
“Registers containing details about their links and the names (in code) of the businessmen who sent money to other cities have been recovered. We have seized 13 mobile phones and a currency counting machine,” he said.
Ramchandani reportedly told the police that he had been running the hawala racket for almost a year.
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/money-laundering-racket-busted-in-madhya-pradesh_10049979.html
Eight people were rounded up in the first raid in Old Bhopal area where the police recovered Rs.2.7 million.
“The kingpin, Vijay Ramchandani, who owns Bhole Bhandari courier service, had links in all major cities of the country. He has confessed he used to send out Rs.50-60 lakh (Rs.5-6 million) of money a week,” Prasad said.
After his arrest, another raid was carried out in MP Nagar in New Bhopal area, where a separate hawala racket was being run by Kamlesh Gyanchandani. Two of his accomplices were arrested and about Rs.300,000 was recovered from them.
“Registers containing details about their links and the names (in code) of the businessmen who sent money to other cities have been recovered. We have seized 13 mobile phones and a currency counting machine,” he said.
Ramchandani reportedly told the police that he had been running the hawala racket for almost a year.
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/money-laundering-racket-busted-in-madhya-pradesh_10049979.html
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