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Weekly Roundup: AML Whistleblowers Given Death Sentences in Absentia, Maltese Official Used ‘Professional’ Money Laundering Services, and More

Two former bank auditors in the Democratic Republic of Congo received death sentences in absentia after publicly admitting that they blew the whistle on an alleged money laundering scheme involving Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler and Afriland First Bank DRC, Vice News reported. More Zenith Finance, a local lender whose owner and finance director have been charged with money laundering in Malta, provided "professional" money laundering services to Keith Schembri, a former senior official now awaiting trial on corruption-related offenses, Malta Today reported. More California state prosecutors fined Artichoke Joe's Casino more than $5 million for failing to disclose it was...

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