Money laundering

Binance's Cyprus unit has applied to be removed from Cyprus' register of crypto asset service providers, the securities regulator website showed on Wednesday, in a move Binance said would allow it to focus on its larger European businesses.

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has compiled and published a report on the methods used by the managers of nongovernmental organizations to divert money from the funds of their organizations. 

A "notorious money launderer" who cleaned "the dirty money of the world's foremost criminals" was arrested late last month in Athens, Europol, the EU police agency, has announced.

The arrest, on 31 May, followed a long investigation by Dutch police into the activities of the underground banker, who operated in the Netherlands.

Australia's Crown Resorts has agreed to pay a civil penalty of Aus$450 million ($290 million) for breaches of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing legislation at two of its casinos.

The head of Greece's Anti-Money Laundering Authority ordered on Wednesday the freezing of all assets of human rights activist Panayote Dimitras, following an investigation into his activities.

According to the authority's investigation, the funding he received, mainly from the EU, to support human rights causes was used for other purposes than those claimed.

A wide-reaching review of bank accounts, including of the bosses of some of Slovenia's main media outlets, has raised speculation about potential political abuse of the Office for Money Laundering Prevention under the previous government.

Arrests and searches are taking place at several locations in Belgrade and Kruevac.

Americans are snapping up homes in Greece, lured by the lower cost of healthcare, life by the sea, and the promise of a five-year residence permit. But critics say the country's Golden Visa scheme has also opened a door to money laundering and driven up real estate prices for ordinary Greeks.

The Independent Anti-Money Laundering Authority has ordered an investigation into allegations that the Greek Solution party took cash payments from its MPs without issuing receipts.

Outgoing party MPs Antonis Mylonakis and Aikaterini Alexopoulou said that the party, which is led by Kyriakos Velopoulos, took the money from its MPs.

The Attica Security Police Extortion Department on Thursday said it had cracked a case involving one of the largest known criminal organizations, following a two-year investigation. According to sources, up to 60 people have been identified as suspects.