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German police search Deutsche Bank in money-laundering case
[Al Jazeera] German Sherlocks looking for evidence of possible money laundering have searched multiple offices belonging to Deutsche Bank.A total of 170 officers from the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office, the Criminal Bureau of Investigation (BKA), the tax fraud office and the federal police searched the head office of Germany's largest lender in Frankfurt, among other properties, on Thursday morning. A total of six properties were searched in Frankfurt, Eschborn and Gross-Umstadt, the public prosecutor said. It is suspected that bank employees helped customers set up offshore firms in tax havens. The prosecutor suspects further that proceeds from criminal activity were transferred into Deutsche Bank accounts without the bank flagging the transactions as potential money-laundering cases. The investigation was launched after evaluation of the explosive Panama Papers tax haven revelations and the previous Offshore Leaks report of offshore bank accounts, according to a government front man, Nadja Niesen. Posted by: Fred 2018-11-30 |
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