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Weekly Roundup: FATF Pitches Tighter Ownership Standards, SEC Official Criticizes Compliance Certifications, and More

The Financial Action Task Force proposed boosting global beneficial ownership standards and gray-listed Turkey, Jordan and Mali after identifying significant lapses in their anti-financial crime regimes, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Commissioner Hester Peirce of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission criticized the Justice Department for requiring Credit Suisse's chief compliance officer to submit annual attestations that the Swiss lender is complying with the terms of its deferred prosecution agreement for enabling corruption in Mozambique. More The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission paid nearly $200 million to a former employee of Deutsche Bank who blew the whistle on the German financial...

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