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From The Editor: Not Going Gently, Part II
printNot only can banks in the United Kingdom expect a number of anti-money laundering enforcement actions from the Financial Securities Authority, despite the fact that the agency shuts down next year, investment banks and individuals in financial services should expect a host of non-AML enforcement actions. I wrote two weeks ago that more banks could expect penalties for offenses akin to those that cost Coutts & Co., the private banking subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 8.75 million pounds sterling. Indeed, vows of more AML enforcement actions seem to mark new found purpose at the FSA, particularly since it...
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