DOSSIER 03 / 19 REPORTS
Money laundering & financial systems
Banks, payment institutions, digital assets and informal transfer networks.
LINE OF INQUIRY
How do suspected criminal proceeds enter and move through financial systems?
R65
SKM Group's replies of 19 October 2026, statements from the Sarıgül side and the investigation's status when the bulletin was prepared.
E63SKM responds: promised €1 billion either did not exist or had a questionable source, group claims
Editorial assessment · Türkiye / Germany / Italy / Switzerland
REPORTThe Scales Are Not Balanced: A Prosecutor's Decision, a Munich Letter and a Missing Suspect on One Side; an Undocumented Accusation on the Other
Special Investigation · Türkiye / Germany
R60The Sarıgül Dossier: An €80 Million Agreement, a €1 Billion Promise
United States · International banking
R61Bank of America faces $1.21bn in AML and sanctions penalties
Ghana · Nigeria · United Kingdom · United States
R58West Africa scam crackdown brings 28 arrests and a search for recoverable funds
US · Venezuela · Colombia · Türkiye
R57Pulido enters U.S. custody as Venezuela contract cases trace cross-border payments
Türkiye
R49Istanbul prosecutors seek securities freeze for 85 people in fund investigation
Türkiye
R47ODINE “Major Heist” Allegation: 21 People Referred to Prosecutors, Billion-Lira Transactions and Unanswered Questions
United States
R48OCC imposes $350 million AML penalty on American Express National Bank
India
R23Indian investigators report loan irregularities in Angamaly co-operative probe
Spain (international scope)
R19Spain arrests 21 in inquiry into ‘Dubai Bank’ money-transfer network
Switzerland
R22Swiss court fines Lombard Odier in Karimova-linked laundering case
Georgia, Poland, Ukraine, US
R25AudiA6 operation targets a service allegedly used to launder ransomware proceeds
Belgium, France
R17Cash couriers and a Brussels business feature in €8 million seizure
Belgium (Wise Europe)
R18Wise faces Belgian inquiry after requests over €500 million in transactions
Belgium
R20ING’s €1.6 million settlement leaves a reporting timeline in focus
Switzerland
R24Swiss appeals court confirms Credit Suisse acquittal
France, Romania
R21French and Romanian probe follows company funds into property
Germany