The consular section of the Angolan Embassy in Washington, DC. The embassy is among missions which have been subjected to restrictions on their bank accounts.
African Missions Face U.S. Bank Account Closures
American banks are imposing restrictions on 17 African diplomatic missions in the United States, allAfrica.com has learned. The move is at least partly a result of heightened attention to bank involvement in questionable practices after scrutiny designed to stop money laundering and combat the financing of terrorism.
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4 February 2010
Keeping Foreign Corruption Out Of The United States: Four Case Histories
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- United States Senate
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A report of the U.S. Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations into how politically powerful foreign officials, their relatives, and close ... see more »
