This year promises to be a record one for money laundering crackdown, according to Evgeny Shkolov, head of the financial security department at the Interior Ministry.
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Police Learns How to Track Laundered Money
Russian police said Tuesday it has detected 4,400 money laundering crimes this year, a considerable success in battling financial offenses in the country. 3,500 criminal cases have been sent to court with 854 verdicts against the accused.
This year promises to be a record one for money laundering crackdown, Evgeny Shkolov, head of the financial security department at the Interior Ministry, told reporters Tuesday.
Russia has been countering money laundry since 2002 as a special a law came into effect and an agency was set up. During the first three years, a new article from the Criminal Code has not been employed. Viktor Zubkov, chief of the finances investigation department, accounted it for poor coordinators among police, the Federal Security Service, prosecutors and his agency. National security agencies simply did not know how to detect money laundry cases and take them to court.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2004 to allow investigators to open criminal cases on money laundry prior to a verdict on the crime that brought the dirty money. The decision has increased police’s performance.
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All the Article in Russian as of June 27, 2007
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