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terrorist money
Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 07:59 UTC

Mexico banking regulator says it repeatedly warned HSBC on money laundering

Guillermo Babatz, head of Mexico's banking and securities commission: HSBC controls were lax

Mexico's banking regulator on Tuesday defended its role in a money laundering scandal engulfing HSBC Holdings Plc, saying it had repeatedly told the bank to improve lax controls over suspect funds passing through its accounts.

Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 19:27 UTC

HSBC grilled in US Senate for lax controls enabling billions of money laundering

Irene Dorner, president and CEO of HSBC Bank USA apologized to the Senate Investigations subcommittee (Photo: Bloomberg)

The CEO of the U.S. division of the big international bank HSBC is apologizing for lax controls that lawmakers say allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through the US operation and many other illicit transactions for years.

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