A long-running money laundering scandal at Denmark’s biggest lender has resulted in one of the bank’s executives stepping down.

On 5 April, Lars Mørch, Danske Bank’s executive responsible for its business and international banking units, resigned as a member of the executive board over his failure to take warnings about possible money laundering offences at the bank’s Estonian operations more seriously. He is the only one to step down—so far.

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