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April 4, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/billion-dollar-sanctions-busting-scheme-aided-iran-documents-show/2018/04/03/37be988a-3356-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html

Billion-Dollar Sanctions-Busting Scheme Aided Iran

(Washington Post) Souad Mekhennet and Joby Warrick - Investigators have uncovered evidence of a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme by a Persian Gulf bank that secretly helped Iran evade sanctions for more than a decade. Records from a Bahraini government audit reveal that the now-closed Future Bank - a joint venture partly owned by two of Iran's largest lenders - routinely altered financial documents to mask at least $7 billion in illicit trade between Iran and dozens of foreign partners between 2004 and 2015.

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