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Weekly Roundup: Biden Strengthens Russia Sanctions, Latvia’s Former Central Bank Chief Jailed, and More

The White House disclosed President Joe Biden's intention to sign an executive order expanding the U.S. government's authority to cut off overseas financial institutions that help Russia obtain weaponry and other military goods, The New York Times reported. More and More A Latvian court jailed Ilmars Rimsevics, ex-governor of the country's central bank, for taking bribes and a fishing trip to Russia from shareholders of the now-defunct lender Trasta Komercbanka, the Financial Times reported. More The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final regulation that gives U.S. financial institutions broad access to a pending beneficial ownership registry for purposes...

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