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Weekly Roundup: SAR Leaks Prompted Early Raid on Cohen, SWIFT May Escape US Sanctions, and More

New York federal prosecutors rushed to execute search warrants for President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen amid concerns that a Treasury official's continued leaks of suspicious activity reports to a journalist would compromise their investigation, sources told The Wall Street Journal. More U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the White House may refrain from imposing sanctions on the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication even if the consortium does not disconnect Iranian lenders from its payment messaging system next month, The Wall Street Journal reported. More Denmark's business minister disclosed plans to shore up regulatory supervision and enforcement...

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