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Weekly Roundup: Fed Privately Warned Deutsche Bank Over AML Weaknesses, Westpac Admits Compliance Lapses, and More

The U.S. Federal Reserve in a secret letter last year scolded Deutsche Bank for continued weaknesses in its U.S. branch's anti-money laundering program, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Suddeutsche Zeitung. More Westpac admitted in a court filing to failing to scrutinize millions of transactions for AML purposes but denied processing funds linked to the sexual exploitation of children, Reuters reported. More The EU opened legal proceedings against Luxembourg after the principality failed to promptly transpose the bloc's latest AML directive into national laws and regulations, Reuters reported. More Prosecutors in Latvia indicted 11 individuals, including several former employees of...

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