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Weekly Roundup: Shell Company Purchases of Florida Real Estate Plummet, Danske Bank Pledges Forfeiture, and More

Miami-Dade County’s real estate market experienced a 95 percent decrease in the number of shell companies and anonymous cash buyers purchasing property after the U.S. Treasury Department placed enhanced reporting requirements on the sector in 2016, the Miami Herald reported. More Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest lender, plans to forfeit any income derived from transfers of potentially illicit money by its Estonian unit amid claims that $8.3 billion in suspicious funds flowed through the branch from 2007 to 2015, the Financial Times reported. More Three U.S. law firms are weighing class action lawsuits against Danske Bank for allegedly misleading shareholders on the...

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