Before that, in 2007, Zambia's attorney general sued Chiluba in a civil action in London for laundering millions of dollars in Britain while in office.
The 40 FATF recommendations cover the legal, financial, regulatory, law-enforcement and international action that governments should take to combat money laundering.
Government documents have recently emerged that offer a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Obama administration's decision-making as it prepared to take actions against two big British banks over money laundering.
Plus, Deutsche Bank faces fines and legal action over its alleged role in a $20bn Russian money laundering scheme, the Guardian reports.
The senator was accused of accepting $88,000 in bribes in exchange for official actions and the former assemblyman was charged with money laundering.
Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that the settlement "shows that banks laundering money for terrorists and narco-traffickers will face consequences for their actions, wherever they may be located".
Ronnie Earle, a Democratic Texas district attorney, alleges that a political action committee controlled by Mr DeLay funnelled corporate donations to Republican candidates in Texas by laundering the money through accounts belonging to an arm of the national Republican Party.
The independent Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering said today that it would take action against Nauru, a Pacific island nation, that is accused of acting as a center for laundering money for the Russian mafia.
In addition, it said, 45 bank accounts used by the service have been seized and action has been taken to take over the assets of 35 other sites that fed funds to Liberty Reserve for laundering.
Another might be money laundering.
