Sentences with phrase «of illicit money»

FINTRAC should aim its guns toward where the bulk of the illicit money really is concentrated — private cash deals / lending institutions / legal firms etc. — instead of zeroing in on Realtors to the tune of 22 % of its resources being trained on same.
«Flows of illicit money can damage the integrity, stability and reputation of the financial sector, and threaten the internal market of the Union as well as international development.
In line with previous efforts by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demonetize lower denominated rupees last year, the committee was formed, according to The Financial Express, based on Indian authorities» apprehension of illicit money being used to trade cryptocurrencies (colloquially referred to as «black money»).
We play a full part in preventing the «laundering» of illicit money, through this firm, as required by the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (as amended).
This abysmal failure to show us all absolute evidence of illicit money exchanged for fabricated, demonstratively false science papers / assessments is the proverbial «mathematical certainty «that dooms the accusation, and places the whole idea of man - caused global warming in peril of sinking if its promoters can not defend their position against science - based criticism from skeptic scientists.
Frequent Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z Burns wrote the script, which is based on the book by Jake Bernstein titled Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite.
Based on the book by Jake Bernstein titled Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite (clearly, they couldn't use that title), the movie focuses on the story about leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonesca, which showed how the wealthy and other such connected people funneled money illegally in and around the world.
The film is based on the book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein.

Not exact matches

European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, pictured above, said at a February roundtable in Brussels that digital assets «present risks relating to money laundering and the financing of illicit activities.»
Their top targets include a Senate bill that would include digital currency in an update of money - laundering laws, requiring more entities to police potentially illicit transactions.
Although the lack of jurisdiction over Bitcoin and its links to money laundering and illicit marketplaces have raised more than a few eyebrows, the currency offers a simple way for legitimate businesses such as small retailers and professional service providers to accept payments for international sales without facing onerous credit card fees or exchange - rate surcharges.
Critics point out that the digital currency's lack of ties to any bank or government, allowing users to spend money anonymously, can facilitate illicit payments.
At the same time, the Center for Sanctions and Illicit Finance of the Defense of Democracies Foundation outlined in a study that a tiny 0.61 % of the money which enters cryptocurrency trading and conversion platforms has been used against regulations.
There you have it — three completely independent sources from credible authorities have unanimously disclosed that cryptocurrencies are far from posing any measurable risk related to money laundering, finance terrorism, or other illicit activities of the kind.
The «modern technology services» discussed in the report point to cryptocurrencies and their usage to launder money derived from the illicit trade of firearms, drugs, human trafficking, and other organized crime.
The paramount crime issue in the source zone is the production of illicit narcotics, followed by money laundering, alien smuggling, illegal weapons trafficking, and human trafficking.
Mirror trades were a favored conduit in the first half of this decade, regulators say, but they've been replaced by other mechanisms for moving money, including illicit reinsurance contracts and fraudulent court orders.
To combat the activities of Mexican, Central American, and South American transnational criminal organizations — including illicit finance and money laundering activities and the flow of illegal drugs — the FBI works side - by - side with its numerous domestic and international partners to infiltrate, disrupt, and dismantle these groups by targeting their leadership and using sensitive investigative and intelligence techniques in long - term, proactive investigations.
Bitcoin, a digital currency that is traded on a peer - to - peer network independent of central control, has engendered a wave of creative criminality - from bitcoin theft by hacking online platforms to potentially using the crypto - currency in money laundering, bribery and buying illicit products.
They believe that it is in fact a threat to the security of the Russian nation as it would allow for widespread money laundering and other illicit activities a safe haven to take place.
Regulators say the main focus of the new rules is to avoid money laundering and other illicit activities that were previously involved with Bitcoin.
In closing, Bair calls on the government and Congress, in particular, to provide additional oversight to prevent fraud, money laundering and the use of cryptocurrencies for illicit activities.
Verses fighting to control women's reproductive rights, fighting to keep their pastors out of jails for illicit se x ual conduct, fighting to protect their money... Gays are obviously walking in the Godly path and the religious right is going down the drain with the «ways of men.»
The religious right are fighting in the courts for (1) control of women's reproductive rights (2) keeping their ministers out of jail for illicit se x ual conduct (3) protecting their money and corporal possessions from taxes and lawsuits.
He knows all about this — in order not to follow it, but rather by the very opposite conduct to keep as free as possible of these deceptions, that he himself may not adopt any illicit way of deriving some advantage from the Good (earning money, distinction, and admiration) and so that he may deceive no one by a figment of the imagination.
He claimed we were «jealous» and that we wanted to protect ourselves from being caught by other illegitimate footballing regimes fuelled by illicit oil revenues, the proceeds of crime or the outcome of widespread money - laundering.
«We do see evidence of international terrorist groups benefitting from... illicit trafficking and money laundering» in South America, he said in written testimony during a March 13 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
The clincher, of course, would be the vandals» campaign for the release of Dasuki, alleged chief operator of the illicit spigot, that splashed public money into private pockets.
Can you imagine what those monies, if we had our eyes open, and we were not complicit in that illicit outflow, would mean for the capacity of our nations?»
Miss Asamoah has told Prince Tsegah on Hitz FM in Accra that Inna Patty nor any official of Exclusive Event, the organisers of Miss Ghana introduced her into any illicit act to help her raise money for her projects when serving the organisation.
As authorities around the globe grapple with the threat of terrorism, Cuomo is preparing to impose new regulations on New York State banks to prevent illicit money from flowing through Wall Street and into the hands of militants and criminals.
«It is a very difficult thing for prosecutors like us, and in other parts of the state, to figure out what's illicit money and what's not illicit money,» Bharara said in his opening remarks.
And with a bank account overflowing with money from unknown, possibly illicit, sources, Wiseau's ignorance of the filmmaking process proves to be less a barrier than an opportunity for an equipment rental company to sell him a package deal, including a staff of filmmaking professionals less interested in making Wiseau's vision come to celluloid life than collecting a regular paycheck.
To help them see their money making plan come to fruition, they illicit behind the scenes help from friends Delaney (Craig Robinson) and Deacon (Jeff Anderson), and the on - screen «talents» of Lester (Jason Mewes) and Stacey (Katie Morgan).
He owes money to the local kingpin, John Petty (Willem Dafoe), and takes to working the illicit bare - knuckle fight circuit where the rage and hurt of his military service turns him deadly.
Pettis:... illicit money out of China totaled US$ 420 billion in 2010... 94 % of the illicit $ $ flows occur through mis - invoiced trade Dec 22, 2012
There are a number of legal protections for paying back money owed to creditors and also protection from illicit debt - collection practices.
The billions of dollars generated through such trade also fund criminal groups who use this money to branch out into other illicit and unethical lines of business.
By focusing so much on illicit downloads, he says, publishers have «no way of accurately determining which customers would have stolen the game had there not been DRM» and thus can not know whether the money spent on DRM outweighed those sales they might have lost to piracy without its implementation.
As ever, the fatal problem with enviro - activists» enslavement to the «reposition global warming as theory» phrase as proof that skeptics are paid illicit money to lie about certainty of global warming is that there is no evidence of it being a top - down fossil fuel industry directive of any kind.
The global warming pushers are well - funded because they have something to gain — billions of illicit dollars in grant money from the taxpayers, sale of «carbon credits,» book, TV and film deals and more.
As in the «settled science» is rife with unsettled contradictions, the accusation that skeptic climate scientists are corrupted by illicit money doesn't have a shred of physical evidence to back it up, and one of the main promoters of the accusation is a person apparently plagued with credibility problems.
So, if none of those deliver (pardon the pun) evidence clearly showing how skeptic climate scientists agreed to accept illicit money in exchange for spreading lies that meet the approval of fossil fuel industry executives, what do we have left?
In «State of Fear,» it is money - hungry environmentalists whose illicit schemes are always being caught on tape.
The above «Climate of Doubt» program qualifies as such with its blatant insinuation about skeptics corrupted by illicit money, as does its prior 2008 program «Heat», in which only unidentified skeptic scientists were shown while the narrator said «Not only have big oil companies not invested much in renewables, but for years they were among the largest contributors to so - called climate change denier groups, groups like the Heartland Institute, the organizer of this 2008 convention.»
Apparently in the same manner that he glommed onto the notion that skeptic climate scientists are paid illicit industry money under instructions to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact», it seems he didn't check the veracity of the more recently repeated «3000 IPCC scientists» figure.
The science of catastrophic man - caused global warming is settled, no need to pay attention to what skeptic climate scientists say about the science or its political angles, such as the «97 % consensus» because they are paid illicit industry money to lie....
That illicit fossil fuel money goes into the paychecks of people who lie on behalf of that industry.
This was a taller cliff for Niose to fly off because of one other anti-intellectual assertion of his: the insinuation about corporate influence, or as it is better known around the planet, illicit money paid to skeptic scientists and skeptic organizations in exchange for knowingly spreading misinformation.
Without that ICE phrase, her book does no better than insinuate illicit money buys skeptic climate scientists» viewpoints, while not even making any effort to back this up with hard evidence of a quid pro quo arrangement between skeptics and industry.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z