Japan to crack down on suspected N Korean money laundering

December 23, 2005

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe told the Financial Services Agency Thursday to step up efforts to stop money laundering associated with alleged illegal activity conducted by North Korea such as drug trafficking, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun re...

14 fake UFJ cash cards used at 3 ATMs in Tokyo

December 23, 2005

Fourteen fake UFJ Bank cash cards have been used at three automated teller machines in Tokyo, the bank and police said Thursday. Some of the cards were made after their forgers secretly filmed depositors' cards at ATMs in Aichi Prefecture earlier th...