When it comes to money, the fun stops. Civil liberties, on the other hand, are of no interest
"The FIU allegedly failed to properly forward money laundering suspicious activity reports from banks "in the millions" to law enforcement authorities."https://t.co/0l2UavdYYm
— David Lightman (@Dave__Lightman) September 9, 2021
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German prosecutors raided the finance and justice ministries on Thursday as part of an investigation into the government’s anti-money laundering agency, putting a spotlight on Germany’s failings in tackling financial crime.
The probe into the Financial Intelligence Unit, an agency of the finance ministry under Social Democrat chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, is looking at whether it was told to ignore warnings of suspect payments to Africa.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-prosecutors-search-ministries-over-095242828.html
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/german-finance-ministry-raided-in-money-laundering-probe
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/german-prosecutors-raiding-finance-and-justice-ministries-report-2021-09-09
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