Money Laundering Investigations: Grossrazzia at Deutsche Bank | hessenschau.de

With a large number of employees, several rooms are currently being sought at the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. The makers of the house of money are accused of money laundering.

A large contingent of police forces carry out searches on behalf of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), including at the Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt. As the prosecutor 's spokesman has announced, is responsible for the house of money allegedly laundered. As a result, Deutsche Bank employees should have helped clients to set up so-called offshore companies in tax havens.

Evaluation of "Offshore Leaks" and "Panama Papers"

In total, about 170 public prosecutors, the BKA, the Steuerfahndung and the Federal Police are involved in the Großrazzia. The Geldhaus premises in Eschborn (Main-Taunus) and Groß-Umstadt (Darmstadt-Dieburg) are also in demand. "The investigation is directed against two 46- and 50-year-old employees as well as other previously unidentified business leaders and the allegation of money laundering is the subject of it" said the prosecutor Thursday in a statement.

During the raids, many professional documents have been secured. The evaluation and subsequent investigations are continuing. Deutsche Bank said that she "would cooperate fully with the authorities".

The investigations had begun the evaluation of data available to the BKA from the so-called "offshore leaks" and "Panama Papers". It was suspected that "Deutsche Bank AG helped clients to set up" offshore companies "in tax havens and that money from criminal offenses had been transferred to Deutsche Bank AG accounts without the bank does not repay suspicious transaction returns "the attorney with. For this, the house of money is obliged by law.

900 customers, volume of business 311 million euros

This may be explained by the fact that more than 900 customers representing a volume of business of 311 million euros were supported in 2016 through the intermediary of the company. a Group company based in the British Virgin Islands. The defendants are accused of not having repaid money laundering notices against offshore companies, although the evidence in this respect has been sufficient since the beginning of their respective commercial relations. This should have happened before the publication of the "Panama Papers".

Offshore companies are relocating their activities abroad, like mailbox companies, in order, among other things, to obtain tax benefits. In Hesse, more than a hundred possible cases of tax evasion, stemming from the "Panama Papers" made public in April 2016, are currently under review. The "offshore leaks" had already become public in April 2013.