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TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonian police said they had questioned 48 employees of local bank Tallinna Aripank this week, questioning them in connection with an investigation into money laundering and corruption cases.
The Estonian banking system is in the spotlight after Danske Bank, Denmark's largest lender, announced last year that more than 200 billion euros ($ 224 billion) in suspicious payments had been pbaded by his Estonian branch.
Police said the three employees of Aripank were taken away on June 11, and released after two days, as part of an investigation opened in the summer of 2018.
They said that the case was not related to Danske Bank's investigation.
Tallinna Aripank, one of the smaller lenders in the region compared to Nordic banking groups such as Danske and Swedbank, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Report of Tarmo Virki; Written by Niklas Pollard; Edited by Helena Soderpalm and Andrew Cawthorne
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