Tag: Money laundering

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Three staffers from Papua New Guinea's peak anti-corruption body are embroiled in a standoff that has brought into...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Panama Papers and New Zealand elite hypocrisy.

The Panama Papers have shone a most welcome  - and long overdue  light into the murky world of tax havens, offshore trusts and shell...

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...