February 07 - Financial adviser and former hockey international Catriona Carey has been sent forward for trial on money laundering charges. The 46-year-old appeared before Judge Treasa Kelly at Dublin District Court on Friday with co-defendants Paddy Maher (57) and John Steadmond (47).

February 07 - The US Department of Justice has closed its elite anti-corruption unit famous for prosecuting the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal, said investigative journalist Bradley Hope. Kleptocracy Initiative — including Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative — was “quietly disbanded last night,” Hope wrote in an X post late Thursday (Feb 6), citing unidentified sources. He was known for his work on financial scandals, including the 1MDB case.

February 06 - The Brink’s Company said Thursday (Feb. 6) that its subsidiary, Brink’s Global Services USA (BGS USA), reached agreement with two U.S. agencies to resolve investigations related to cross-border currency shipments and compliance with federal money-transmitting laws. BGS USA reached a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and a consent order imposing civil money penalty with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the company said in a press release.

February 06 - The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $37,000,000 civil money penalty against Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc. (Brink’s) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the primary U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) law that safeguards the financial system from illicit use, and its implementing regulations. As a result of Brink’s failures, hundreds of millions of dollars in bulk currency shipments were transmitted across the Southwest Border on behalf of high-risk entities—including a Mexican currency exchanger that later pleaded guilty to violating the BSA. This is FinCEN’s first enforcement action against an armored car company.

February 06 - As the federal government says it will introduce new measures to fight organized crime in Canada, helping it stave off tariff threats from the U.S., experts say that Canada's money-laundering problem has festered for far too long — and that the issue makes it easier for fentanyl-pushing cartels to gain a foothold in this country. U.S. President Donald Trump has used the fentanyl crisis to justify broad tariffs against Canada, alleging that a massive amount of the drug is entering the U.S. via Canada.