"Profits from deadly drug wars, fortunes embezzled from developing countries, and hard-earned savings stolen in a Ponzi scheme were all allowed to flow into and out of these financial institutions, despite warnings from the banks' own employees," according to the probe from Buzzfeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .
"These documents, compiled by banks, shared with the government, but kept from public view, expose the hollowness of banking safeguards, and the ease with which criminals have exploited them," wrote US outlet Buzzfeed News, in the introduction of its report.
In a statement, Deutsche Bank said that the ICIJ's revelations were"well known" to its regulators. The bank also said it had"devoted significant resources to strengthening our controls," as well as focused on"meeting our responsibilities and obligations."
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