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US Lawmakers Enlist Witnesses, FATF in Campaign Against WMD Funding

By Valentina Pasquali

A senior U.S. lawmaker seeking new measures to choke off financing for weapons of mass destruction, or WMDs, last week took the unusual step of asking congressional witnesses at a hearing to help draft legislation on the spot. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) said Thursday that the House Financial Services Committee may craft a “lightning-quick” bill to shore up U.S. controls intended to block nations and nonstate actors alike from routing funds for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons through U.S. banks. “We can reach for the sky but it’s not going to happen between now and the end of the year,”...

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