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Weekly Roundup: US Officials Target Central Bank of Venezuela, Deutsche Bank Anticipates Money-Laundering Fines and Prosecutions, and More

The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted Venezuela's central bank and its director, Iliana Josefa Ruzza Teran, but exempted personal remittances and payments made via credit and debit cards from sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reported. More The department also blacklisted seven members of an Iraq-based network of Islamic State facilitators that allegedly laundered proceeds through "QiCard" machines used to pay out government salaries, The Wall Street Journal reported. More Deutsche Bank anticipates regulatory fines, legal action and the possible prosecution of senior managers for allowing corrupt Russian officials and other criminals to use its correspondent network to launder billions of dollars,...

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