26 min
Episode 5: ABLV (Latvia) Bank Framing Money Laundering
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- Society & Culture
How did a small Eastern European nation become the center of a scandal that reverberated throughout Europe? ABLV Bank, Latvia’s 3rd largest bank, was outed as having lax AML controls when it was discovered that billions of dirty money flowed through the bank, including money for corrupt officials and money related to North Korea’s ballistic missile program.
How did a small Eastern European nation become the center of a scandal that reverberated throughout Europe? ABLV Bank, Latvia’s 3rd largest bank, was outed as having lax AML controls when it was discovered that billions of dirty money flowed through the bank, including money for corrupt officials and money related to North Korea’s ballistic missile program.
26 min