Panama joins Argentina and Turkey in FATF Grey List
High-risk and non-cooperative jurisdictions Improving Global AML/CFT Compliance: on-going process - 27 June 2014 Paris, 27 June 2014 - As part of its on-going review of compliance with the AML/CFT standards, the FATF has to date identified the following jurisdictions which have strategic AML/CFT def ...
Where the Black Flags Fly
Media conveys immediacy, but it doesn't convey culture. Its famous flattening effect makes shoppers at a Staples in D.C. or a Whole Foods in Berkeley feel like they're right among the toppled buildings of Aleppo or Gaza, without actually giving them any insight into the motivations of the players. T ...
Gen. Dempsey: We’ll Attack ISIS in Syria Once It’s a Threat to US or Europe
It was only a few days ago at Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey was portraying ISIS as an “apocalyptic” threat that required the US to expand the Iraq War into Syria. Now, he’s downplaying that, and the Pentagon insists US attacks on Syria are not “ imminent.” Today, Gen. Dempsey to ...
Yemen's Dhammar governor escapes assassination
Yemen's Dhammar governor escaped an assassination attempt during a visit to a government hospital in which one of his bodyguards was wounded, according to the Ministry of Defence's 26sep.net news portal.
