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Banks in the Netherlands are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain relationships with real estate agents, soccer clubs, corporate services providers and other firms viewed as posing a high risk of financial crime, an industry group has found. In a 6-page report, the Dutch Banking Association, or NVB, said that stricter anti-money laundering rules and heightened perceptions that transactions and customers from certain nations inherently present a high risk of financial crime have driven lenders in the Netherlands to de-risk, or withdraw entirely, from entire jurisdictions and sectors. "It becomes increasingly difficult to service specific (groups of) customers without an...