Swiss banks report record number of money-laundering cases in 2007
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GENEVA (Thomson Financial) - Swiss banks have informed the authorities of a record number of cases of suspected money laundering in the past year, said the attention of the Swiss authorities. The Office of Communication on money laundering, he said 795 cases registered in 2007, 28.4 percent more than in the year 2006 and the first increase in three years. Six cases were forwarded to the suspicion that in the context of terrorism, he said. The increase in cases of suspected money laundering is in the front line on the growth of communications in the banking sector, at 37 percent. Tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk @ thomson.com Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. Any copying, publication or distribution of Thomson Financial News content, for example, framing or similar means is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News. |