Sentence examples for stop transactions from inspiring English sources
In the Senate report, HSBC is facing accusations that it helped its clients circumvent rules intended to stop transactions from countries facing international sanctions, and in some cases flouted laws in pursuit of profits.
Regulators have recently cracked down on several banks that were accused of not doing enough to stop transactions coming into the United States from countries facing financial penalties, like Iran and North Korea.
Economic sanctions were introduced by US President Barack Obama in February 2011 to stop transactions between anyone in the US and senior officials in Libya as part of a broader crackdown (and sometimes bombing) campaign on then Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi.
Arab League officials said Thursday that if the government of President Bashar al-Assad failed to agree by Friday to sign a protocol detailing the mission of the observers, Arab finance ministers would meet Saturday in Cairo to discuss imposing sanctions that could include halting flights to Syria, curbing trade and stopping transactions with the country's central bank.
They also contend that the Bank of China ignored the warning and did nothing to stop the transactions.
The European Union had pledged to increase its staffing to monitor and stop such transactions, officials said.
In 2010, Wachovia admitted that it had essentially helped finance the murderous drug war in Mexico by failing to identify and stop illicit transactions.
As a result, analysts say, they have devoted the bulk of their resources to trying to stop fraudulent transactions from occurring.
Since the police cannot do anything to stop such transactions, strict new rules were introduced in July 2004, reducing the maximum size of pachislot jackpots by 80%.
He said Turkey would also stop new transactions with the Commercial Bank of Syria and halt all credit to the Syrian government.
An assistant United States attorney, Christopher Clark, asked, referring to Michael Rigas, "At any point, did he direct you to stop those transactions?" Mr. Brown said that Mr. Rigas had not.
