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The anti-money laundering cell – the cell for financial information processing (CFI) – signaled 2.34 billion euros worth of suspicious money flows from suspected criminals to the public prosecutors in our country in 2021. This is apparent from the annual report of the CFI, which De Tijd, Knack and L’Echo were able to view.
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This is a record amount, which is twice as high as in 2019, from more than 1,200 cases that the cell found serious enough to pass on to the court. The money comes from all kinds of illegal practices, such as fraud (628 million euros), organized crime (549 million), serious tax fraud (486 million), the illicit trade in arms and other goods (382 million), and social fraud (149 million). .
Luxembourg was both the main destination (34 percent) and origin (43.5 percent) of all suspicious money flows that have been noticed in our country.
The anti-money laundering unit got wind of the suspicious money flows thanks to a record number of reports from all sectors and professional groups that have to report suspicious transactions in our country. There were 46,330 reports of suspicious money flows. That is almost 15,000 more than in 2020 and almost twice as many as in 2019.
Almost half of the reports (21,624) came from the banks, a record. In addition to the banks and payment institutions, notaries (1,214 reports by 298 notaries) and bpost (1,082 reports) also reported more suspicious transactions last year.
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