"MONEY-LAUNDERING"

Jahangir Hajiyev was running out of money. That was the urgent subject before the board of a company based in the tax haven of Guernsey in September 2015. For years, Hajiyev, then chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan, had used a chain of trusts and shell companies stretching from Cyprus to the Channel Islands to move tens of millions of dollars out of the state-owned lender, according to allegations in U.K. court filings.

Westpac Banking Corp.'s board stood behind its management team on Friday, offering embattled chief executive Brian Hartzer some respite from mounting criticism over allegations of a breach of money-laundering laws, including failing to detect payments linked to child abuse.

FORMER PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s son Panthongtae pleaded not guilty when he showed up in court yesterday to fight a money-laundering case related to a controversial Krungthai Bank loan.

Actor Jiratpisit “Boom” Jaravijit's parents Wisit and Lertchatkamon Jaravijit met Crime Suppression Division (CSD) investigators on Thursday to acknowledge a charge of colluding in money-laundering.

KUALA LUMPUR: Embattled former prime minister Najib Razak, who was slapped with 25 fresh corruption and money-laundering charges on Thursday (Sept 20) has once again said that he is not a thief.

Former stockbroker Uracha Wachirakulton appeared at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) in Bangkok on Wednesday morning to hear money-laundering charges linked to the multi-million-baht shares of the late billionaire Chuwong Saetang.

Former deputy commerce minister Pol Lt-Colonel Banyin Tangpakorn said he did not answer a summons to appear at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) in Bangkok on Tuesday on money-laundering charges because he wanted to keep his bail valid.

AMLO Investigators say corrupt civil servants got 30 per cent of the embezzled money in cash

Phra Phrommedhi, a former high-ranking monk who fled Thailand over money-laundering allegations, is being held in custody in Germany after failing to pass an airport immigration check.

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Nong Khai police will in two weeks apply for arrest warrants related to money-laundering charges for Lao siblings who were caught trying to cross the border into Laos from Nong Khai with more than Bt98 million in undeclared Thai banknotes in December.

ANTI-DRUG police have confiscated Bt1.5million from a bank account of actress Napapa “Patt” Tantrakul after she admitted to having received it from husband Akarakit Worarojcharoendet.