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Midweek Roundup: West Targets Hamas Finances, US Blacklists ‘Mixer,’ and More

The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, joined the financial intelligence units of Britain, Canada, Germany and nine other nations in forming a taskforce aimed at disrupting the flow of funds to Hamas. More Switzerland joined the taskforce but continues to refuse to clamp down on Russia's circumvention of sanctions, Swissinfo and Der Bund reported. More and More The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control blacklisted Sinbad.io, a cryptocurrency "mixer," for allegedly laundering assets stolen by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. More U.S. officials want Congress to grant them new authority to prevent terrorists and criminals from routing dollar-backed...

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