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French Court Fines UBS a Year’s Profits for Tax Fraud

Swiss Bank UBS has been fined a record 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion), effectively wiping out the bank’s entire profits for 2018. The Paris criminal court found that the bank had unlawfully provided its clients with services to hide assets from French tax authorities

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Romania Trying to Block Ex-Corruption Chief from EU's Top Post

Having ousted the country's anti-corruption chief for what some saw as politically motivated reasons, Romania’s government is now trying to prevent Laura Codruța Kövesi from being named the European Union's top prosecutor with allegations of misconduct and bribery at home

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Hackers Reveal German Politicians Data Online

An enormous security breach has led to personal information and documents belonging to hundreds of German politicians, being posted online, leaving the country’s security experts scrambling to find out how.

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Report Says Israel Sold Spyware Used in Kashoggi Murder

Cyber technology spyware that Israel sold to Saudi Arabia was used to help plan the murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi, the Washington Post, where he was a columnist reported, even as US President Donald Trump refused to sanction what he said was too important an ally.

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EU Law Enforcement Hunts Down Money Laundering Mules

A combined effort by Eurojust, Europol and the European Banking federation to go after carriers of dirty money meant for laundering – whether unwittingly or not – led to 168 arrests, including so-called “money mules” and organizers during a sweep across 20 countries.

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Whistleblower's Lawyer Proposes EU-US Whistleblower Protection Team

The American lawyer for a whistleblower who alleged Denmark's largest financial institution, Danske Bank, was behind a 200-billion euro ($228.29 billion) money-laundering scandal, said the European Union and United States should link laws to protect people who report wrongdoing.

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