HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the UK Government has submitted a tender for the development of a system for monitoring financial transfers in digital money. The appearance of such a system in Russia could already have occurred.Cryptocurrencies can be used n…
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UK to develop a system to track cryptocurrencies
US ‘ready to assist’ Pakistan: Wells
US diplomat says Washington is continuing to urge the Indian government to move swiftly to release [Kashmiri] political leaders detained without charge. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI.: A senior aide of US President Donald Trump has acknowledged Pakistans efforts for …
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IRGC Threat in the Middle East: How Safe Are Americans in Turkey?
IRGC Threat in the Middle East: How Safe Are Americans in Turkey?
Mahmut Cengiz
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpse (IRGC) Quds Force General Qassim Soleimani had been killed in a drone strike by the United States on January 3, 2019, ostensibly because he wa…
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World financial intelligence group re-admits Vatican after suspension
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican has been fully re-admitted to the Egmont Group of world financial intelligence units after a suspension two months ago sparked by an investigation into the purchase of luxury London real estate.
Carmel…
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China urges world to recognise Pakistan’s counterterrorism financing efforts
BEIJING: Expressing satisfaction over visible progress made by Pakistan to strengthen its domestic counterterrorism financing system, China on Thursday said that Islamabads political will and active efforts ought to be recognised and encouraged by the interna…
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Iran Needs To Do More To Combat Terrorist Financing
Irans economy minister, Farhad Dejpasand, has called on the multilateral Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to discipline the US over its use of budget funds to finance the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport.
The FATF which claims t…
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Court allows govt to forfeit RM32,000 from Kelantan Umno
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today allowed the government’s application to forfeit RM32,962.87 from the Kelantan Umno liaison committee as it was proceeds from unlawful activities.
Judicial commissioner Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh said the Malaysian Anti-Corru…
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Islamabad almost ready to get off FATF grey list
PHOTO: FATF
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan and Asia-Pacific Joint Group of the Financial Action Task Forces meeting ends in Beijing, Islamabad hopes to acquire the Unites States cooperation in next months plenary aimed at avoiding any further adverse action by the …
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France Asserts to Provide No Concession to Pakistan on Terror Funding During FATF Meeting
New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan is expected to be taken off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, as major powers including the US, UK, France, Germany, and even Japan appear to be in favour of Islamabad, due to the changing geopolitical equation i…
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Pakistan should come off FATF grey list, says Qureshi
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. PHOTO: FILE
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that Pakistan should, in principle, be taken off the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), as Islamabad had made considerable progress on …
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