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A global anti-money laundering group is set to include at least a dozen countries on a new list of jurisdictions that don't meet minimum standards for controls against terror finance, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. In a public statement, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said that most of the 194 jurisdictions it reviewed as part of a global survey commenced in February classify terrorist financing as a crime though some lack "adequate measures" to choke off funding sources. "FATF will take immediate and decisive action regarding those jurisdictions who are not able to...