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Weekly Roundup: Treasury Blacklists Spouse of Los Zetas Leader, Mexican Official Faces Laundering Charges in Texas, and More
printOver 40 countries have signed onto a plan by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to automatically share information on bank accounts worth more than $250,000, the Financial Times reported. The Group of 20 is expected to endorse the OECD standard later this month. More The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted Juanita del Carmen Rios Hernandez, the spouse of jailed drug trafficker Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, and her medical supply company Distribuidora e Importadora de Productos Medicos del Norte on Friday for their ties to Los Zetas cartel. More Hector Javier Villarreal Hernandez, Mexico's former finance secretary for the...
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