PEP ... FORMER AMBASSADOR UNDER SUSPICION

Rakhat Aliyev (UID140084) the former son in law of Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev (UID 2315) has held prominent and influential positions in Khazakhstan government since the late 1990s. He has also been influential within the country’s media, as he has a controlling interest in numerous newspapers, television and radio stations. In May, Aliyev was relieved of his second posting as Ambassador to Austria, reports suggest this was as a result of criticizing amendments to the Kazakh constitution. Soon after, he was placed on an international wanted list following charges of kidnapping and assault. He was arrested in Austria but later released on bail of $1.36 million. He faces money laundering charges in Austria and possible extradition to his native Kazakhstan. Use the Display Graph feature to expose his family connections.

FUGITIVE US HEDGE FUND MANAGER CAUGHT IN EUROPE

CORRUPT COMMISSIONER FORCED TO FORFEIT ASSETS

At the end of June, Anthony R Masilotti (UID 519414) a former Palm Beach County Commissioner was sentenced to five years behind bars for corruption. Masilottii reportedly used his political clout to garner favours and enrich both himself and his friends through a series of property deals with a local real estate developer. Masilotti will not only spend the next five years in a federal facility he was also required by the judge to forfeit two blocks of land valued at over $9 million and dig deep into his pockets to pay out a further $175,000.

FUGITIVE CHAIRMAN RETURNED TO SINGAPORE

Richard Yong (UID 434020) was the chairman of the National Kidney Foundation in Singapore. In April 2006 he was charged and found guilty of failing to exercise reasonable due diligence in the discharge of his duties. He was later declared bankrupt after he failed to pay the fine imposed on him by the court. He reportedly then absconded but this month he was arrested in Hong Kong and has been returned to Singapore. His wife On Shu Kio (UID 658915) faces separate charges of money laundering in Hong Kong.

Law enforcement authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a woman who was attempting to smuggle $738,585 into that country from Puerto Rico on a ferry. The US Drug Enforcement Administration advises that this is a widespread activity, and that bulk cash smugglers are being paid $10,000-$15,000 to carry drug cash from New York and Miami to Puerto Rico, for transhipment into the Dom. Rep. The agency believes that millions of narco-dollars are being illegally hand-carried out of the United States …read more

This month four men, Muktar Said Ibrahim (UID 331107), Yassin Hassan Omar (UID 331108), Ramzi Mohammed (UID 333154 ) and Hussein Osman (UID 333147) were found guilty of planning the failed 21/7 suicide bombings which targeted London Transport. All four were handed down life sentences for their involvement. Two other suspects, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu (UID 335093) and Adel Yahya (UID 408732) will go to retrial as the jury was unable to reach a consensus. The four jailed will serve a minimum of 40 years behind bars before being eligible to apply for parole.

INCITING TERRORISM VIA INTERNET - TRIO JAILED

This month three people, Younes Tsouli (UID 376945), Waseem Mughal (UID 376946) and Tariq Al-Daour (UID 376947) were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court to jail terms ranging from six-and-a-half to ten years. The three men are the first people to be convicted in the UK of inciting terrorist murder via the internet. Reports state that they admitted ‘inciting another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the UK which would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute murder.’

Anayibe Rojas Valderrama (UID 219030) the finance officer of the 14th Front of the FARC, Colombia's rebel force, became the first woman from that terror organisation to be convicted and jailed in the US. In February she and two others, Jose Antonio Celis(UID 431813) and Juan Diego Giraldo (UID 442196) were found guilty of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and for conspiring to manufacture and distribute the narcotic. This month Rojas Valderrama was sentenced to approximately 17 years behind bars, her two co-defendants, Celis and Giraldo were handed 175 month and 200 month sentences respectively.

In June the US Treasury placed economic sanctions on three Libyan individuals Nur Al-Din Al-Dibiski (UID 642089), Sa'id Yusif Ali Abu Azizah (UID 642090) and Ali Sulayman Mas'ud Abd Al-Sayyid (UID 642091 ) for purportedly belonging to terror organisations. They are allegedly all members of both Al Qaida and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The US Treasury OFAC watch list is just one of the major sanction and regulatory lists that World-Check monitors and includes as a keyword on profiles. Did you know that the Online interface allows you to tailor your search to a specific official list; any number and combination of lists or confine your search to look only for profiles who are watch list key worded. World-Check is continually upgrading and enhancing its products to assist compliance professionals to work more effectively

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