Deutsche Welle: Germany's anti-money laundering unit withheld incriminating Wirecard warnings

Eine Presseschau mit Fabio De Masi (Englisch)

12.08.2020

Deutsche Welle: Germany's anti-money laundering unit withheld incriminating Wirecard warnings[1]

 

"The anti-money laundering unit of Germany's customs authority reportedly failed to share dozens of warnings with police that online payments company Wirecard was facilitating suspicious transactions even before the scandal broke in June. (...)

Left Party politician Fabio de Masi told NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung that the unit's process with the reports shows that the FIU is a "security time bomb," and that "it urgently needs to be clarified whether it withheld information that would have allowed the criminal investigators in Bavaria to recognize th scandal earlier." (...)"

Links:

  1. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-anti-money-laundering-unit-withheld-incriminating-wirecard-warnings/a-54534395