Thursday, March 5, 2015

Money laundering: More complaints, but few … – Business Journal – Portugal

The Central Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (DCIAP) received about three thousand communications of suspected money laundering, but only 2% resulted in the initiation of proceedings by prosecutors revealed Thursday the TSF and the Economic Daily .

In 2903 warnings received from financial institutions and non-financial in 2014, the Public Ministry (MP) filed 60 criminal cases and called for the suspension of 43 suspected bank, involving 34.3 million euros, 2.2 million dollars (about two million). The balance, made by the Attorney General’s Office, led by Joana Marques Vidal (pictured), is now in the Economic Daily News and TSF.

At issue are allegations made at the Central Department of Investigation and Prosecution (DCIAP) in compliance with the law of prevention and control of money laundering, which last year was revised and tightened its rules. Thus, banks were required to identify depositors of values ​​greater than five thousand euros in bank accounts that nonregularized for you. And also to monitor bank transfers values ​​greater than 15 000 euros, for a single operation or in several, but related to each other.

The prosecution has admitted, for example, which was following a communication bank such that began Operation Marquis, following which he was arrested former Prime Minister Jose Socrates, indicted for crimes of corruption, money laundering and tax fraud.

The number of complaints registered in 2014 compared with the 2,853 recorded in 2013, which were filed 46 criminal cases.

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