the Estonian financial supervisory authority (Eesti Finantsinspektioon) and the Swedish financial supervisory authority (FI) will pronounce in the day jointly on the data of suspected money laundering in Swedbank.
”The Estonian regulatory authority and the FI has today agreed to start a joint investigation in order to more carefully examine the information reported in the SVT. Although the Lithuanian central bank has announced that they will be assisting in the investigation of the extent of the Swedish and Estonian authorities wish,” writes the Estonian financial supervision authority and the FI in a joint statement.
– as far As we know today, the scope is considerably lower in the been in Swedbank as compared with that of Danske Bank. But it is dangerous to relativize too much. It is a serious matter that we see have come up in the Mandate Review, ” says Erik Thedéen to the TT.
FI, whose task is to ensure that banks have viable kontrollssystem, will deal with the case in its ongoing and future activities.
– It is difficult to evaluate the data in the Mission Review. But the fact is that there has been money laundering in a large Swedish bank, even if it is in the Baltic countries, it is clear that we need to reflect on what we have had for the role in this, ” says Thedéen.
in the baltic countries, the authorities of the countries the main responsibility for supervision. According to Erik Thedéen, FI not received any signals that there would have been shortcomings in the Swedish banks ‘ control system there.
– The discussion I have had with Estonia in the day indicates that we need to bring clarity and get to the bottom before we can come to any conclusion.
the transactions referred to is several years back in time complicates matters. FI does not have the details of the transactions and changes have been made over the years.
– An input in this is that we can get access to the type of data that the SVT has, ” said Erik Thedéen.
to self-report suspicious transactions to the investigation authorities. FI’s director general thinks that it looks like that Swedbank might not have been there.
” When I look at the program (Mission Review), so it seems like a few of these transactions clearly would have been reported. But it is the data from the media that we must get to the bottom of, ” said Erik Thedéen.
If it could be the case with sanctions for Swedbank’s part remains to be seen. FI focuses primarily on how the banks work here and now.
and a greater focus on the crimes as money laundering to Erik Thedéen not exclude the possibility that such hanks may occur in the day.
” this is extremely complicated. It is sophisticated crime syndicates. That I or anyone else in responsible positions would exclude things would be irresponsible, ” he says.
Thedéen believe that an important factor to access the crime is to strengthen the interaction between the countries.
” What I think is most urgent is to improve international cooperation. I think this deal shows that there is a way to point at one or the others responsibility. We must take a holistic responsibility, ” says Erik Thedéen.
reacts just like the many other strongly medieuppgifterna about Swedbank:
– It is important that there is a confidence in our banks, ” she says to TT, and points out that she just want to speak generally about money laundering before she knows what has happened in the Swedbankfallet.
” It is incredibly important that those selling weapons and drugs do not have the opportunity to wash money, it is about that we should not feed the criminal networks.
If necessary, tightened the law, ” she says.
“It may, of course, to look at and where discussed at the EU level on the further tightening,” says Magdalena Andersson.
Read also: the Bank’s major shareholder require external review
also Read: Customers are threatening to leave the bank
Read also: the Responses from the bank have not been sufficiently clear
