Financial Transparency Coalition

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Paul Richard Arceneaux, a resident of Church Point, La., has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for failing to file personal tax returns and corruptly interfering with the due administration of Internal Revenue laws.

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Much has changed at the Justice Department since the Obama administration took charge, but one controversial tactic in corporate-crime cases has not: the use of settlements that allow corporations to avoid prosecution for wrongdoing.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium has been removed from a "grey list" of countries seen as lacking financial transparency after it signed 12 agreements with other countries to exchange tax-related information, the OECD said on Thursday.

KUWAIT CITY: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has not recorded any money laundering crime for the past four years, reports Al-Anba daily quoting Director of Anti Money Laundering Office Sheikh Namer Al-Sabah.