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Midweek Roundup: EU Cites 6 Member Nations for Poor AML Controls, Global Tax Evasion Probe Targets Financial Institution, and More

The European Commission ordered Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Malta and Sweden to improve their anti-money laundering frameworks by December 2020, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Tax investigators from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia are jointly investigating a global financial institution and its intermediaries for helping clients evade taxes, moneylaundering.com reported. More Latvian prosecutors charged the central bank chief Ilmars Rimsevics with laundering a €250,000 bribe he allegedly solicited from a now-defunct commercial lender, Bloomberg reported. More Europe's top human rights organization accused Latvia of failing to comply with global standards against graft, the Organized Crime and Corruption...

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