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Weekly Roundup: US Officials Target Iran’s Central Bank, Lebanese Lender to Liquidate, and More

The U.S. Treasury Department designated the Central Bank of Iran under a counterterrorism-related executive order, triggering secondary sanctions against foreign lenders that engage in significant business with the institution and endangering remaining humanitarian trade with the Islamic Republic, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Lebanon's central bank approved the liquidation of Jammal Trust Bank following the lender's blacklisting by the U.S. Treasury Department for serving Hezbollah, L'Orient Le Jour reported. More The FBI has issued dozens of secret requests to Bank of America, Western Union and other firms for the personal data of their clients, including their usernames and IP addresses, as...

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