when the Mission review of the disclosure on 20 February, the suspicions against Swedbank in the investigation. Then had the Estonian newspaper Postimees, which cooperate with the Mandate review, also published his own revelations about the suspected money laundering in Swedbank Estonia.
the Investigation of Danske Bank has been going on since november last year. The 19 december was arrested ten former employees of Danske Bank, suspected of systematic and co-ordinated to have helped the customers to pilot the questionable money through the bank.
have the rules to prevent money laundering have been regarded as a mere formality. Of those arrested worked nine as account managers, while one was the head of the department. The investigators believe themselves to have reasons to believe that the former was well-known and accepted in the entire unit who handled the foreign customers who have not been resident in the country.
If we see that there are reasons to split up the investigations so becomes an own investigation. But we do not know yet. Today it is a part of the investigation of Danish, ” says Oil Kivistik, Estonian public prosecutor’s office.
Despite the fact that many investigators working with the pre-trial investigation is far from finished. No charges have so far been brought.
” It’s a very comprehensive investigation as this will definitely take some time. I don’t know if we can see an end to it in the middle of this year or in the end, says Oil Kivistik, who is press officer at the prosecutor’s office in Estonia.
Assets of more than ten million Swedish kronor after the court has been seized of the ten former employees of Danske Bank. It is money and possessions as the suspects are considered to have served in the criminal activity.
the home of the big profits. Was the customer washed the dirty money ended up remains to investigate, according to the prosecutor’s office.
– And we can with quite great certainty say that the number of suspects will increase, says Oil Kivistik.
That dubious money flowed through the Danish Bank accounts in Swedbank is the reason that the investigation so far is a part of the investigation, which has already been launched.
It does not mean that it must remain so.
– No, it depends on. If we see that there are reasons to split up the investigations so becomes an own investigation. But we do not know yet. Today it is a part of the investigation of Danish, ” says Oil Kivistik.
Last Tuesday, asked the financial supervisory authority in Estonia Danske Bank closes its bank in the country within eight months. The bank then decided to completely leave the baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia.
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