the bank has on Wednesday been singled out by SVT’s uppdrag granskning, as an enabler of the scale of money laundering. The disclosure allows the current to 50 customers during the years 2007-2015 completed transfers of over sek 40 billion, which should be flagged as suspicious.
the Businessman and korruptionsjägaren Bill Browder has appeared on both the Danske Bank-tangle and is behind the recent allegations made against Nordea. He expects that there will be more information about Swedbank, which get tangle to grow.
” this is the beginning of the scandal I think. What needs to happen now is that they appoint an external review that shows the world exactly what has happened, ” says Bill Browder to DN.
by the nordic banks in the Baltic states are singled out for the link to money laundering. The first was the Danish Bank, which has been hit hard by the skein in the Estonian branch.
president and Ceo, Thomas Borgen has resigned long ago and the bank is being investigated by authorities in several countries. As late as yesterday the news came that the Swedish financial supervisory authority in Estonia is forcing them to shut down their operations there, resulting in that they also leave the rest of the Baltic states and Russia.
Nordea singled in the fall out as a further enabler of money laundering. The time it was Bill Browder, who was behind the allegations. Now he believes that it should be time to turn their attention also towards SEB.
” I should not judge a bank I do not have knowledge of. But I think to myself that if three of the four nordic banks which have operated in Estonia dealing with money laundering, there is probably reason to take a good look at the fourth also.
– It says there is a big lack in supervision from both those who regulate the banks and the bank’s management that allowed this to happen. They deserve a rigorous investigation from the law enforcement authorities, ” says Bill Browder.
SEB has, since the issue has come to the fore with, among other things, Danske Bank looked at the betalflödena of their customers in the Baltic countries, according to the presschefen Frank Hojem.
– In the review we have not found any red flags or anything that suggests that we have been, “he says and continues:
” We feel confident that we are continuously and structured, has worked to prevent money laundering in the Baltic countries.
” I think this whole discussion shows that one must always be humble. Financial crime is present everywhere, then we can only do our utmost to ensure that we are not exploited for criminal purposes, ” says Frank Hojem.
