Money laundering to be hung out to dry
Jul 08, 1999
By Kairi Kurm
TALLINN - All shady transactions exceeding 100,000 kroons ($7,143) in cash and 200,000 kroons in noncash are being checked by the police since July 1. The Estonian government established an anti-laundering data bureau after the money-laundering prevention act came into force at the beginning of this month. According to the law, the anti- laundering bureau can stop transactions for 48 hours in order to receive an approval from court to confiscate shady assets. "Forty-eight hours is a short time o ...
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