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Midweek Roundup: New Jersey Bank Handled Venezuelan Funds, Deutsche Bank Flagged Jeffrey Epstein, and More

City National Bank of New Jersey processed transactions worth nearly $20 million for a Cayman Islands-registered mutual fund that ostensibly laundered corrupt Venezuelan funds, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Deutsche Bank compliance staff filed at least one suspicious activity report on their private banking client, accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, after he transferred funds overseas, and struggled to identify all of his accounts when attempting to close them, sources told The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. More and More The European Commission called for an EU-wide regulation and supervisor to improve anti-money laundering efforts throughout the bloc, moneylaundering.com...

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