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Showing posts with label economic sanctions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic sanctions. Show all posts

4/18/2014

Forcing Russia Out of Markets Seen as Ukraine Leverage

Forcing Russia out of global financial markets is the strongest tool at U.S. President Barack Obama’s disposal if he wants to stop Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions, according to former government officials and sanctions specialists.

6/22/2013

Japanese bank to pay NY $250M in laundering case

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi-UFJ Ltd. will pay $250 million to the state of New York for laundering billions of dollars in transactions that violated economic sanctions against countries including Iran, Sudan, and Myanmar, New York financial regulators said Thursday.