Work Area: Financial services misconduct investigations

Anti-corruption groups said the decision increases legal protections for whistleblowers who break laws to put confidential information in the public domain.

15 February 2023

Anti-corruption organisations have called for improved whistleblowers protections in Switzerland after prosecutors announced a criminal investigation into possible breaches of the country’s criminal code and banking laws following publication of the so-called Suisse Secrets.

14 February 2023

The US commercial real estate market is uniquely vulnerable to sanctions evasions because of its relative opacity, according to a recent alert from FinCEN.

26 January 2023

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals brought by two former Deutsche Bank traders against their convictions for manipulating precious metals markets.

25 January 2023

A Washington, DC-based lawyer at Zuckerman Spaeder will monitor a subsidiary of UK bank NatWest after it pleaded guilty in 2021 over its role in two spoofing schemes.

19 January 2023

09 January 2023

06 January 2023

The GIR editorial team is taking a break from regular news briefings over the next couple of weeks. We will be back on 3 January. In the meantime, please enjoy this selection of some of our favourite and most-read stories. Happy holidays!

18 December 2022

15 December 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued one of its biggest-ever penalties to Spanish lender Santander's UK business for failing to prevent its customers from potentially laundering hundreds of millions of pounds.

09 December 2022