Rosfinmonitoring required banks to report transactions of customers from the European Union and the United States – RBC

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According to “Izvestia”, the list of countries on the operations of residents which banks must report Rosfinmonitoring include the EU, the US, Norway, Iran, Syria, Sudan, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, Switzerland, Korea and Jamaica. According to a source close to Rosfinmonitoring, this list of countries is new – it was formed “in accordance with the current political and economic situation and the world and in Russia.” According to the newspaper, residents of the transaction from the list are regarded as “doubtful».

The letter states that the list of countries hit those states against which Russia imposed kontrsanktsii, as well as countries that do not meet international standards for combating money laundering, countries that support terrorism and drug trafficking free.

A source close to Rosfinmonitoring, noted that “the country is due to the approach introduced by the US and EU sanctions and the response of Russia.” According to the official publication, the “logic Rosfinmonitoring is that Russian banks should respect and protect the interests of his country, to consider its position in the international political arena».

The publication notes that in the case of non-compliance Rosfinmonitoring to inform residents of these countries actions of banks will be regarded as a violation of the law against money laundering. The consequence of this may be a review of the license of the bank. Under Russian law, conducting suspicious transactions in the amount of 3 billion rubles. regarded as “high involvement of the bank in carrying out suspicious transactions.”