France seeks new powers to monitor terror suspects’ bank accounts

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Government wants new measures to give anti-money laundering unit Tracfin access to finances of those listed on a database of wanted people.

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France’s finance ministry is seeking new authority to track the bank accounts of people who have merely come under the suspicion of the intelligence agencies as part of intrusive new plans to combat terror financing, reports The Financial Times.