FINCEN LEAKS SHAKES UP ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING WORLD

THE WORLD has become used to large leaks of confidential data from intelligence services and banks, but the latest dump, from the files of the USA’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) may have impacts beyond the unveiling of wrongdoing. Keith Nuthall explains.   THE LuxLeaks; Swiss Leaks; the Paradise Papers; the Panama Papers; Mauritius Leaks… The past decade has seen leaks of embarrassing confidential and financial information in major media outlets. And the latest foray – the ‘FinCEN files’ seems to offer more of the same. BuzzFeed ...


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