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Weekly Roundup: Iran’s Missile Launch Incurs US Sanctions, Coutts Fined $6.5 Million for 1MDB Breaches, and More
printU.S. officials blacklisted 25 individuals and entities associated with Iran's ballistic missile program two days after National Security Advisor Michael Flynn placed the country "on notice" following its most recent launch, The New York Times reported. More The designations followed a letter to President Donald Trump in which nearly two dozen U.S. senators expressed bipartisan support for additional sanctions against Iran in response to the launch, Haaretz said. More Switzerland's financial regulator ordered private bank Coutts & Co. to disgorge $6.5 million in "unlawful" profits derived from poor screening of customers and transactions associated with sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development...
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