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Weekly Roundup: Germany Raids ABN Amro, Romania Investigates 16 Banks for AML Failures, and More

German authorities raided the offices of ABN Amro in Frankfurt as part of an investigation into six employees suspected of involvement in a massive tax fraud, Handelsblatt reported. More Romania's central bank is investigating more than a dozen banks for suspected anti-money laundering compliance breaches and has already recommended that one of the institutions face criminal prosecution for allegedly handling illicit funds from Danske Bank Estonia, Romania Insider reported. More British jurors acquitted three former senior bankers at Barclays of charges that they funneled secret payments to senior Qatar officials to secure investment for the U.K. lender during the 2008...

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