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Estonian officials will soon pitch legislation that would give investigators as long as 12 months to review suspicious transactions and seize funds absent proof of legitimate income. The proposal, which ministers are expected to advance to Estonia's parliament as soon as Thursday, would help address the challenge officials face in halting the flow of suspicious funds into the Baltic nation from Russia and other former Soviet states, Madis Reimand, head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit, or FIU, told ACAMS moneylaundering.com. Estonian investigators have authority to order banks to freeze a suspicious client's assets for up to 90 days, but...