Monday, April 8, 2013

Anatomy of a probe: Too many suspicious bank accounts not reported

........Apart from these, banks have also let themselves be used by India’s cooperative banks for high-value cash transactions. Many such transactions have come to the regulator’s notice. These executives may or may not be aiding and abetting money laundering, as it is still not clear whether the source of money is criminal activities and some of it is aimed at funding terrorist groups. It is also unlikely that the money will flow out of the country. Still, the transactions are very suspicious, and even if they slip through the first line of defence, the front desk of a bank, they must be classified as suspicious accounts and investigated thoroughly. The banks have not done that...........

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