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Midweek Roundup: FinCEN Wants ‘Effective’ AML Programs, Julius Baer Nears FIFA Settlement with US Prosecutors, and More

The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network disclosed plans to formalize an expectation that financial institutions maintain "effective" anti-money laundering programs, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Julius Baer and the U.S. Justice Department are close to settling charges that the lender processed bribe payments linked to the FIFA corruption scandal, moneylaundering.com reported. More Money laundering schemes that rely on unwitting money mules have jumped sixfold amid a rise in unemployment during the novel coronavirus pandemic, The New York Times reported. More The IRS is granting up to $625,000 to companies that can assist the agency with tracing Monero and other...

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