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Ex-banking CEO denied bail in multi-million dollar laundering probe; judge claims he may be a flight risk

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NEWS: UK accountancy firms continue to fall short on AML controls — report

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EXCLUSIVE: AMLA to hold seminar on whether to cut long list of firms eligible for direct supervision 

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NEWS: FCA launches Quantum Experimentation Group to tackle financial crime

By Dan Byrne for AMLi

The former head of an Austrian bank who has been linked to a major money laundering scandal has been denied bail in the UK – just over a week after being arrested there.

Peter Weinzierl served as chief executive of the now-defunct Meinl Bank, based in Vienna.

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