Categories: U.S. Treasury

Readout: Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg’s Travel to Baghdad, Iraq

BAGHDAD – On September 12 and 13, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg met in Baghdad, Iraq with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad S. al-Sudani and leaders at the Central Bank of Iraq, Trade Bank of Iraq, the Iraqi Financial Intelligence Unit, as well as representatives from the Iraqi private banking sector.  Both sides, recognizing the opportunities and challenges ahead for further improving the Iraqi financial sector, agreed to continue working together and take positive steps towards meaningful and lasting reforms that will raise Iraq to international standards and prevent fraud, sanctions evasion, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities.

###

IR Press

Share
Published by
IR Press

Recent Posts

OCC Announces Enforcement Actions for October 2024

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against…

10 hours ago

Treasury Announces Enhanced Fraud Detection Processes, Including Machine Learning AI, Prevented and Recovered Over $4 Billion in Fiscal Year 2024

Treasury’s Office of Payment Integrity Began Using Enhanced Processes, including Machine Learning AI, to Deal…

1 day ago

Treasury Sanctions Network for Shipping Oil on Behalf of Iran-Backed Houthi Financier

WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned…

1 day ago

Treasury Targets Actors Involved in Drone Production for Russia’s War Against Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…

1 day ago

U.S. Department of the Treasury Reaches Major Milestone, Approving Over $500 Million to Support Small Businesses in Tribal Nations

Treasury’s allocation of over $500 million in SSBCI funding to Tribal Nations is the largest…

1 day ago

READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Travel to the United Kingdom

LONDON – From October 13 to October 15, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo…

2 days ago