4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (366+ words) ALLEGED Scottish gang figure and Kinahan cartel ally Steven Lyons has been arrested in the Netherlands and is suspected of involvement in laundering more than "30 million. Spain's Civil Guard said officers arrested Lyons, 45, after authorities deported him from Bali on…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (100+ words) EU, Financial Crime, Fraud BORDER: Police working as part of a Europol operation By PAUL O'DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent SPANISH police have broken up a major money laundering network exploiting vulnerable Ukrainian women, arresting 12 suspects. Europol said Spanish authorities led the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (49+ words) aml, EU, Financial Crime By PAUL O'DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent SEPBLAC, Spain's AML agency, has fined Santander "40 million due to several AML issues at Openbank, its only-only unit. A Santander spokesperson said Sepblac had conducted a "review" of Openbank's internal procedures....

3+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (254+ words) POLICE in Spain have arrested 34 people in a crackdown on the Black Axe gang, a notorious African crime group. EU law enforcement agency Europol said the operation targeted "the core group of the organised crime network, which recruits money mules…...