Showing posts with label money laundering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money laundering. Show all posts
March 4, 2025

Money Laundering in the Art World: The Consequences of Weakening, or revoking, the Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act was enacted in 2021. With the passing of the a bipartisan CTA, domestic entities created by a filing with a s...
January 25, 2025

Crimes, Canvases and Money Laundering: It's an older (and more complicated) crime than many think

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Art is a distinctive asset class, often defined by subjective valuations and discreet sales.  It is also traded in markets where the identit...
November 7, 2024

From Gallery to 'Washing Machine': How One Art Dealer’s Love for Banksy Served as Cover for an International Drug Ring

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On 11 May 2022, officers involved in the Eurojust 'Arkan' operation, assisting in the investigation begun by the District Anti-Mafia...
April 23, 2024

When a money launderer's art collection comes up for auction

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Photo Credit ANP Once upon a time, the individual pictured above, Jan-Dirk Paarlberg had a prominent place in the Quote 500,  with a fortune...
December 8, 2023

Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier and his former Russian client, oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev have settled their acrimonious business dispute

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Image Credit: Anne-Gaëlle Amiot Back in May 2013, Swiss businessman and freeport mogul, Yves Bouvier drew international interest when he neg...
August 13, 2023

Thoughts on the confessions of Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro during his February interrogation

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A man of many "pezzini" As mentioned in an earlier ARCA blog post this week, Matteo Messina Denaro, the former fugutive Cosa Nostr...