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INSIGHT: How Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team battled an unsuccessful money laundering probe

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U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS./File Photo

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INSIGHT: US banks left guessing over scope of looming order on citizenship data

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NEWS: FATF warns Austria is falling short in money laundering investigations and prosecutions

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By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

JEFFREY Epstein’s lawyers repeatedly tried to obstruct a federal money laundering investigation, according to newly-released documents.

The files from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account, obtained by Bloomberg, show his legal team pressured authorities, challenged subpoenas, and attempted to restrict access to bank records that might expose possible money laundering.

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NEWS: FATF warns Austria is falling short in money laundering investigations and prosecutions

LATEST: Fraud epidemic could threaten global financial system, FATF President warns EAFCS 2026

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