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Quirino Mealha

US Treasury enlists banks to target Iranian money laundering schemes

In an effort to dismantle the sophisticated financial systems used by Iran to bypass international trade restrictions and to pressure Tehran into a deal, the US Treasury Department has called on the banking sector to heighten scrutiny.

The initiative enlists private lenders to assist in identifying clandestine networks that move capital through front companies and digital assets to conceal proceeds from sanctioned oil sales.

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