[Puso at Diwa] When AMLC’s financial intelligence speaks
(1st UPDATE) The appropriate response to AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura’s testimony is not to demonize the institution but to examine the numbers
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‘Floating’ money: Did the Dutertes use manager’s checks to hide wealth off bank balances?
(1st UPDATE) ‘Kaya ako po ginamit po yung word na tinikling is hindi po naiipit sa year-end yung pera. Lumalabas po siya at bumabalik,’ the prosecution’s forensic financial expert Alex Cabrera says
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[Rappler Investigates] Washing dirty money
Subtext of the revelations appeared to be that money laundering was also in the works. But what types of transactions fall within the purview of the Anti-Money Laundering Act?
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EXPLAINER: What makes a transaction ‘covered’ or ‘suspicious’ under AMLA?
A transaction appearing in an AMLC report does not, by itself, mean that the money was illicit or that a crime was committed
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[Puso at Diwa] Foreign currency deposit secrecy: Time for a constitutional rethink
The uncertainty surrounding the interaction between constitutional impeachment powers and statutory bank secrecy is itself a weakness in the country’s accountability framework
