Tag: Money laundering
Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen
By Evelyn Macairan in Manila
Despite changing his citizenship to the Pacific state of Vanuatu, a Chinese man wanted for various economic crimes was arrested...
PNG bank agency probes 5000 money-laundering cases – but no prosecutions
By Lorraine Wohi in Port Moresby
The Bank of Papua New Guinea's Financial Analysis and Supervision Unit has reported more than 5000 cases as a...
Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as...
By Marjorie Finkeo and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Six suspects, including a woman, have been charged in connection with more than K1 million in...
High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG
RNZ Pacific
A prominent Australian lawyer, Greg Sheppard, has been arrested by Papua New Guinean police and is facing a range of fraud charges.
Sheppard, a...
PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid
By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in...
Tongan police charge Lord Tu’ivakanō with bribery in passport saga probe
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The king’s noble and former Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakanō has been charged with passport offences, money laundering and...
Vanuatu government hopes new laws will save it on global finance...
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Committee is confident that the submission of some 31 Bills to Parliament...
Tax havens among biggest foreign owners of NZ, says CAFCA
The Panama Papers have shone a most welcome - and long overdue light into the murky world of tax havens, offshore trusts and shell...
Four Corners: The Panama Papers – secrets of the super rich
By Marian Wilkinson and Ali Russell
It's the shadowy world of secret international finance and tax avoidance.
"What we're looking at here is really a parallel...