By the end of March, Rosfinmonitoring will submit amendments to the legislation on money laundering to the government. The head of the department, Yuri Chizanchin, announced this to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. newspaper writes on Wednesday, March 28 The proposed draft amendments, aimed at changing criminal, banking and tax legislation, will significantly radicalize the fight against money laundering, the Kommersant .

For example, amendments to the Criminal Code provide for a reduction in the threshold value of the legalized amount for classifying it as a crime committed on a large scale. Currently, financial transactions carried out on a large scale in the Russian Federation are considered to be transactions in an amount exceeding 6 million rubles. This may entail not only a fine, but also a real sentence of up to four years in prison.

With the amendments developed by Rosfinmonitoring, the threshold of 6 million rubles is reduced 10 times - to 600,000 rubles. For them, it is proposed to introduce sanctions such as a fine of up to 200,000 rubles. or imprisonment for a term of up to two years. At the same time, transactions worth more than 6 million rubles are proposed to be considered a crime committed on an especially large scale. Responsibility for them remains the same.

As a result, the publication writes, the proposed amendments significantly expand the circle of people at risk of imprisonment for acts for which previously only a relatively small fine was imposed. In addition, the number of criminal cases under investigation may at least double.

Rosfinmonitoring wants to tighten responsibility for money laundering