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Danske Bank CEO resigns as investigation reveals vast scale of laundering via Estonian branch
Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw
CEO of Danske Bank Thomas Morgan resigned on September 19 after an internal investigation said the bank’s Estonian branch handled €200bn worth of payments, many of them suspicious.
The results of the inquiry show that the scale of money flows at the small Estonian branch of the
Macedonia the new battleground for influence between Russia and the West as referendum approaches Valentina Dimitrievska in Skopje
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis accused Moscow on September 17 of trying to influence Macedo- nia’s upcoming referendum on the name deal with Greece with the aim of preventing the country’s accession into Nato.
bank was even greater than previously assessed. The Danske Bank case highlights lax control over money flows in Estonia and is an embarrassment for the authorities of the Eurozone, of which Esto- nia has been a member since 2011.
The scandal may also echo in the US and Russia.
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Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev (L) with US Defence Secretary James Mattis in Skopje.
Russia is openly against the accession of more countries from the Western Balkans into Nato, with the country’s foreign ministry claiming July 12 that Macedonia was being "pulled into Nato by force"
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