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By Aaron Nicodemus2021-04-19T16:58:00+01:00
Ripples from ABN AMRO’s €480 million (U.S. $575 million) settlement in the Netherlands to resolve money laundering allegations reached Danske Bank on Monday, as two of the bank’s executives resigned after being connected to the Dutch probe.
Danske Bank CEO Chris Vogelzang announced he is stepping down, saying Dutch authorities plan to name him as “a suspect in connection with their investigations of potential violations of Dutch legislation relating to the prevention of money laundering at ABN AMRO.”
“My status as a suspect does not imply that I will be charged,” Vogelzang said in a statement released by the bank. “However, given the special situation Danske Bank is in and the intense scrutiny the bank is under, particularly in relation to anti-money laundering as a consequence of the still unresolved Estonia matter, I do not want speculations about my person to get in the way of the continued development of Danske Bank.
By Aaron Nicodemus2021-03-17T18:32:00+00:00
Dutch bank ABN AMRO is facing additional money laundering charges that may well lead to cases against individual board members.
The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service recently added suspicions of “damaging money laundering” to a series of charges first filed against the bank in 2019, according to Dutch newspaper
The charge of damaging money laundering “means that the bank is suspected of not taking sufficient action against possible criminal acts by customers,” according to the NL Times. Prosecutors believe the bank knew of money laundering activities perpetrated by its customers but did not intervene.
ABN AMRO said in its 2020 annual report published last week that the public prosecution office informed the bank in 2019 that it was the “subject of a criminal investigation relating to requirements under the Dutch Act on the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism.”
Dutch Police Clash With Protesters Denouncing Lockdown Measures
Police officers in riot gear used water cannons to disperse demonstrators in the center of Amsterdam opposed to government measures to contain the coronavirus.
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Amsterdam on Sunday.Credit.Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/Agence France-Presse, via Getty Images
Jan. 17, 2021
Thousands of people, some throwing fireworks and stones, joined an unauthorized protest against the Dutch government’s coronavirus restrictions in Amsterdam on Sunday, and riot police officers used water cannons, batons, attack dogs and horses to disperse the crowd.
Around a hundred were arrested, according to local media.
The protest came two days after the resignation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet over the way the Dutch tax authority has treated innocent people involved in a child-benefit scandal.
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Dutch prosecutors have confirmed what many already suspected about President Donald Trump: that he’s an idiot. At least when it comes to choosing passwords.
Back in October, Dutch citizen Victor Gevers claimed to have accessed the President’s Twitter account, @realdonaldtrump, with the password
MAGA2020! It was discovered using just his fifth attempt to guess.
Gevers was stunned at how easy to guess the discovery was and, equally amazingly, that there was no apparent additional security behind the account, such as two-factor authentication. Gevers shared screenshots of the user-side of the account with the Dutch press to prove he had gained access and may have used the account access to tweet a link to a satirical website as the President.