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The response from Standard Charter has been fairly tight-lipped at the moment, of course we have to understand there's an ongoing investigation, particularly internally within the bank, and so they are limited as to what they can say. Right now, they weren't even taking the questions that I wanted to ask earlier. But they did provide us with a statement that reads as follows:
渣打銀行此刻的回應可以稱得上是守口如瓶。當然我們必須明白，目前調查正在進行，尤其是對銀行內部的調查，因此他們能公開發表的言論有限。目前他們甚至還在回避我早前就提到的問題。然而他們也確實做出以下聲明：
As reported previously, the group is conducting a review of its historical US sanctions compliance and is discussing that review with US enforcement agencies and regulators. The group cannot predict when this review and these discussions will be completed or what the outcome will be.
正如之前報道所述，渣打集團正在就有史以來美國制裁的合規性進行復核，且同美國執法部門和監管機構討論這次的復核。渣打集團未能預計這次復核和討論何時結束，也不知道會有何結論。
In terms of other response, the Treasury said that they're looking at the allegations, they are continuing to sift through the details of it, and if anything comes to light, and they will respond next to it accordingly.
至于其它的回應，財政部門表示他們正在對指控展開調查，他們會繼續篩選其中的細節。如果真相大白，他們會根據事實說話。
As terms of what the allegations are, they come from the financial sector of the New York state department, and it is that, Standard Chartered, a UK bank was working for various Iranian financial institutions and channeling money through its US holdings without putting the right flags on it. Because the United States like many other countries has imposed sanctions on Iran for fear that they might use money to finance terrorism or finance a nuclear weapons program. And so if any money is channeled through Iran, it should have the right flags on it, so it can be investigated by US authorities and made sure that it is legitimate. Standard Chartered won't doing that, they were slipping under the net onto their own financial gain, it is serious allegations.
至于指控的罪行是什么，這得由紐約州財政部門說了算。美國懷疑英國的渣打銀行與多個伊朗金融公司存在交易，通過美國國債洗黑錢，這違反了美國反洗錢法。和其他國家一樣，美國對伊朗實行制裁，以防伊朗用金錢資助恐怖主義或者核武器計劃。而且如果資金流向伊朗，必須有正當的渠道。因此美國政府有權展開調查，確保交易的合法性。渣打銀行沒有做違法的行為，他們是自己財政收入上的漏網之魚。這是項嚴重的指控。
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