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Weekly Roundup: FATF Dings Argentina Again, BSA Officer Fined $5,000, and More
printThe Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) again dinged Argentina Friday for failing to quickly correct anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism (CFT) deficiencies identified by the intergovernmental group in October 2010. In a statement issued after the conclusion of its plenary meeting, FATF exhorted the South American nation to "continue working urgently" to rectify the issues. More In June, Argentina became the first-ever Group of 20 member-state to be placed on the latest iteration of FATF's list of countries with poor compliance regimes. More Friday's statement comes as Argentina is ramping up controls over foreign exchange houses in...
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