SWEDISH ECONOMIC CRIME AUTHORITY CHARGES FORMER SWEDBANK CEO

On 4 January, FX Empire reported that Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority said it had charged Swedbank’s former chief executive Birgitte Bonnesen over alleged economic crimes in relation to a Baltic money laundering scandal that rocked the bank a few years ago.  He was being charged with gross swindling as the primary count, or with serious market manipulation in the second instance.

https://www.fxempire.com/news/article/swedish-economic-crime-authority-charges-former-swedbank-ceo-855596

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15730-swedbank-ex-ceo-indicted-for-financial-crimes

UK: 2 ENTRIES ADDED AND 5 REMOVED FROM ISIL/AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS LISTS

On 4 January, HM Treasury advised that, following the decision of the relevant UN Sanctions Committee on 29 December, Ashraf AL-QIZANI and JUND AL-KHILAFAH IN TUNISIA (JAK-T) had been added to the sanctions lists.  Meanwhile, Mevlut KAR; Denis Mamadou Gerhard CUSPERT; Nayef Salam Muhammad UJAYM AL-HABABI; Turki Mubarak Abdullah AHMAD AL-BINALI and Tuah FEBRIWANSYAH have been removed, following a further decision of 3 January.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1044677/Notice_ISIL__Da_esh__and_Al-Qaida_040122.pdf

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