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September 21, 19:15
Buzzfeednews investigated transaction data of $ 2 trillion (Photo: screenshot (buzzfeednews))
According to her, about 400 journalists and 100 media from 88 countries around the world participated in the investigation. As the journalist pointed out, the FinCENFiles investigation shows how broken the banking system is on several levels.
«We have shown that big banks like Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, New York Mellon see the transactions of people with dubious reputations. In particular, people involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking, who are corrupt, public figures, presidents. This money passes through these bank accounts, but the banks do not react in any way, except that they report to the FinCEN financial center, ”said the journalist.
For example, with regard to Igor Kolomoisky’s accounts, Deutsche Bank informed FinCEN with messages that there are suspicious transactions from Ukraine International Airlines. These transactions were worth more than $ 400 million, Kozyreva added.
«And at the same time Deutsche Bank did not close the international airlines account, did not break [контракты] with Igor Kolomoisky, despite the fact that at that time he was the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, “said the co-author of the investigation.
As for the oligarch Dmitry Firtash, journalists saw the transactions that formed the basis of the accusations by US prosecutors against him.
«I mean, we saw a transaction that bribes Indian prosecutors. This money came from the accounts of Dmitry Firtash’s company to the account of an Indian official. This is an interesting story, FinCEN recorded it and in principle we find it, it is publicly available for the charges of Dmitry Firtash. I think the big banks have paid attention to the fact that there are accusations against the Ukrainian oligarch. However, they did not close their accounts and record these transactions. […] All of this was recorded, but there were no decisive actions by the big banks, ”added the journalist.
As Kozyreva pointed out, the co-authors of the research hope that as a result of it, the system will change in many of its factors: the supervisory authorities will do their job better, banks and states in offshore jurisdictions will change their policies.
As a reminder, on September 20, BuzzfeedNews published the results of a two-year study of bank reports, including transactions worth $ 2 trillion. The leaked data revealed that some of the world’s largest banks were doing business with clients they suspected of being corrupt and allowing criminals to relocate. “dirty” money around the world.
