Kenyan families have been given new legal authority to intervene when a relative's gambling behavior threatens household finances or the welfare of dependants following the introduction of comprehensive new gambling regulations. The Gambling Control (Conduct of Gambling Operations) Regulations, 2026, which were published in the Kenya Gazette on June 30, establish a legal framework allowing family members and other interested parties to apply to the Gaming Regulatory Authority

Somewhere in Morocco this month, a football supporter watches an online stream of a match that was never officially sold by a licensed broadcaster, while advertisements for a betting company appear alongside the action despite the operator having no Moroccan gambling license, paying no local taxes, and operating outside the authority of domestic regulators. Across Africa, this same pattern has become increasingly common, reflecting the scale and complexity of an online gambli

Swedbank and its New York branch have agreed to pay a $50 million penalty to settle an investigation that found the institution failed to provide regulators with critical information about relationships linked to the Panama Papers leak. The inquiry determined that the bank did not carry out adequate due diligence on shell companies associated with customers identified in the leak and repeatedly failed to fully comply with official requests for information concerning its ties

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has stepped up its investigation into self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat by filing a money laundering chargesheet against him, his wife Kalpana Kharat, and four other individuals before a special court. The agency has also attached assets valued at ₹36.90 crore as part of its ongoing probe into allegations that Kharat exploited women through claims of possessing "mind reading" abilities and by manipulating their emotions in order to defraud t