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Midweek Roundup: Jersey Passes Moneyval Test, US Seizes $85 Million in 1MDB Case, and More

Moneyval, the Financial Action Task Force's European affiliate, in a mutual evaluation report praised Jersey's efforts to strengthen the island's anti-money laundering regime, but also highlighted several key failings, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More and More The U.S. Justice Department seized $85 million in luxury jewelry, fine art and other assets from fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, the alleged mastermind of the theft of billions of dollars from Malaysian state fund 1MDB, Bloomberg reported. More The U.K. legal sector regulator reported two law firms to the HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation for allegedly facilitating more than £300,000 worth of...

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