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Weekly Roundup: Trump Attorney Purchase Draws Scrutiny, Maltese AML Lapses Bring EU Censure, and More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen bought a $6.7 million apartment in a planned Manhattan skyscraper with the help of an unusual $3.5 million short-term mortgage from the building’s developers, who are longtime Trump associates, The Wall Street Journal reported. More The European Banking Authority in a report censured the Maltese government for failing to enforce anti-money laundering rules against private lender Pilatus Bank, whose owner allegedly funneled $115 million from Venezuela to Iranian-owned firms in violation of U.S. sanctions, the Financial Times reported. More Russian investors close to President Vladimir Putin secretly made millions of dollars...

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