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It’s possible? Can some of the world’s leading banks really be laundered SEK 17 billion in black money?
– That’s not what the leak is about. Instead, these are reports, for several years, from banks, among others, where they have marked transactions that they consider suspicious and that they have reported to the United States Financial Police. It is not the same that all these transactions are money laundering.
But don’t you think it is money laundering in most cases?
– Yes, so willing to report that their clients are not banks unless they have good reason to suspect that it is in fact money laundering. So it is probably in the billions of kronor.
– The leak also shows how easy it is, or at least it has been, for international crime to launder money. It takes a lot (a few corrupt officials, bank clerks closing their eyes, poor supervision) and then the payment chain that is the core of money laundering is up and running. Once black money appears in an account as a totally legitimate payment from a business, for example.
How to access money laundering?
– Cooperation is necessary across national borders and financial police with specialized knowledge. And large banks are required to be serious about knowing their customers so they know what the purpose of customer transactions is. That’s where it has collapsed, as the scandals surrounding Swedbank and Danske Bank show.
– And above all: it requires a willingness to “follow the money”, to find out what is the origin of a suspicious transaction.
– What the latest leak shows is also that money laundering has, like all crimes, victims. It is they who ultimately have to pay when anti-money laundering vigilance is lacking or lacking.
New leak: banks around the world wash huge amounts
