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Weekly Roundup: Vietnam Evades Sanctions, Binance Draws Scrutiny, and More

Records obtained by the Associated Press show that Vietnam has managed to skirt U.S. and EU sanctions against Russian defense contractors by using profits from joint oil and gas ventures to pay them instead of transferring funds through the global financial system. More Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asked the Justice Department for documentation on Binance's compliance with the terms of a plea agreement from November 2023 that obligates the cryptocurrency exchange to exit the U.S. market, Bloomberg reported. More and More An evangelical Christian's claim that Bank of America closed and deactivated his...

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