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Midweek Roundup: AMLA Questioned, Austrian Bank Chief Extradited, and More

European regulators questioned whether the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Authority can give financial institutions more discretion to regear their compliance programs towards high-risk customers as promised, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More A former chief executive of Austria's Meinl Bank has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that he laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes linked to Odebrecht, Bloomberg reported. More Attorneys general from six states asked WeChat to investigate and respond to allegations that Chinese money laundering organizations frequently use the platform to communicate, the Record reported. More and More Julius Baer has been ordered to forfeit more than 4 million...

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