Large washing

The largest bank of Germany, which issued Donald Trump for $ 300 million - Deutsche Bank - was involved in the money laundering from Russia, which is already called the Global Laundromat. There is another name - "Russian landromat"

The investigation in which the Center for the study of corruption and organized crime (OCCRP), the newspapers The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, the New Gazeta and others took the scheme of the largest money laundering in Eastern Europe. From 2011 to 2014, under the guise of the execution of illegal court decisions made by Moldavian judges, more than $ 20 billion have been withdrawn from Russia. Since then, 76 thousand banking transactions have been studied. The total turnover for them amounted to $ 156 billion. Money from Russia entered 732 banks in 96 countries. According to the investigation, they were received by 5140 companies from various jurisdictions, including in the USA, South Africa, China and Australia. After the publication of scandalous information, the law enforcement agencies of many countries opened criminal cases, and some of the European banks were deprived of licenses or fined. Dozens of Western financial institutions, reluctantly recognizing the involvement in the criminal scheme, were forced to tighten internal financial control.

Small center of a large scheme

According to The Guardian, Deutsche Bank played an important role in the Landromate. Until 2015, the largest bank of Germany appears in the investigation as a bank-correspondent (a bank that executes payments, settlements, foreign currency and other operations on behalf of another bank) Riga Kommerzbanka (Trasta Komercbanka). This means that through the German credit organization, dollars from Russia got into banks around the world. By the way, just during this period, banks with Wall Street, reports The Guardian, left Latvia-precisely from the fears that this Baltic country has become an international center of laundering, primarily from Russia.

Starting since 2014, only two Western credit organizations received dollar transfers from Latvian banks - Deutsche Bank and Kommerzbank ( German Commerzbank). And only in September 2015, Deutsche Bank stopped providing the Trust Bank correspondent services. Six months later, the Central Bank of Latvia was forced to close the unreliable bank. As a reason, numerous violations related precisely with money laundering were called.

Watches, furs and turquoilles

As part of the investigation, it was established what the money that settled in Germany was spent using Deutsche Bank. For example, the Seabon Limited, registered in London, spent over $ 9 billion. $ 1 million went to the Munich company Rohde & Schwarz, which produces electronic surveillance systems for the police and special services. In the amount of about $ 500 thousand, jewelry was bought from the German jewelry company Mahlberg. Another $ 500 thousand of Deutche Bank received the London seller of expensive fur products to Gideon Bartfeldo. Often, as can be seen from bank extracts, the purpose of the payment was deliberately hidden: for example, when paying for expensive hours, it was indicated that the money is transferred to the payment of “computer equipment”. Deutsche Bank “claims that since then has seriously strengthened the internal control system. For example, in the compliance unit ( from the English. Compliance, verification of compliance of the organization’s actions, certain rules and standards) from 2015 until the end of 2017 must be adopted by more than a thousand new employees. Kommerzbank refused to comment on its cooperation with other banks, but also emphasized that the compliance department is working in enhanced mode.

Since 2014, only two Western credit organizations have received dollar transfers from Latvian banks - Deutsche Bank and Kommerzbank. And only in September 2015, Deutsche Bank stopped providing correspondent services to the Latvian “Trust Bank”. Six months later, the Central Bank of Latvia was forced to close the unreliable bank

Presidential credit

DEUTSCHE BANK with Russia is a question that is especially sensitive to the credit organization itself. The fact is that the current American President Donald Trump took a loan from the Bank "$ 300 million. In addition, other members of the American presidential family are Customers of Deutsche Bank, including the daughter of Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner and the mother -in -law of Serry Stadtmauer. “Deutsche Privat Bank” - the Department of Deutsche Bank, which issued Trump's loan, also appears in the “Landromate”. The sources that conducted the investigation suggest that the money of the rich Russians lying on his accounts, whose property starts at $ 50 million. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, the bank spent 209 transactions worth more than $ 24 million.

Donald Trump took a loan from the Bank "$ 300 million. In addition, other members of the American presidential family are Customers of Deutsche Bank, including the daughter of Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner and the mother -in -law of Serry Stadtmauer. “Deutsche Privat Bank” - the Department of Deutsche Bank, which issued Trump's loan, also appears in “Landromate”

In February of this year, the bank had to carefully check several loans provided by Trump for the possible connection of this money with Russia. The bank itself does not comment on the results of this audit. And before that, in January, Deutsche Bank received fines from the United States and Great Britain for a total of $ 630 million for the actions of his Moscow office: it turned out to be involved in the operation of “mirror transactions”, as a result of which $ 10 billion from Russia was washed. Which of the Russians used this scheme could not be clearly defined.

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