In his memoir Peter Hain describes how he exposed to a global audience international money laundering and corruption under former president Jacob Zuma and the Gupta brothers. He now demands global government cooperation.
nefariously brokered deals with evidently corrupt government officials and associates, also earning enormous fees.
The ruler of Dubai, a steadfast ally of the United States and UK, has allowed the Guptas to safeguard their stolen wealth . Hong Kong has taken no public action against the Guptas for funnelling laundered funds and receiving kickbacks. India claims to have investigated the Guptas, but has taken no enforcement action nor repatriated funds to South Africa.Yet in neither country has that been the case. In the UK in 2019 the head of the National Crime Agency requested an additional £2.
Funds moved around the world today leave a digital footprint. Banks especially possess the technological and financial clout needed to force change, and that power should be harnessed to assist — not hinder or obstruct — regulators to target their limited resources. Banks and professional enablers should face additional sanctions at both an organisational and an individual level. Licences should be immediately stripped from banks if they consistently fail to meet anti-money-laundering standards. A “senior manager’s regime” should be introduced to ensure personal responsibility. This should include disbarment for money laundering and corruption failures such as over South Africa’s state capture scandal.
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