The ECB claims to have no "investigative capacity" on money laundering
The ECB claims to have no "investigative capacity" on money laundering
He is in charge of the supervision of the big banks since 2014
The banking supervisor in the euro zone, reporting to the European Central Bank (ECB), recalled on Thursday that "it has no investigative capacity" in the matter of money laundering, nine days after the US accusations against a Latvian bank, under surveillance.
"Violations of money laundering can be symptomatic of deeper deficiencies in bank operations, but the ECB does not have the capacity to investigate these deficiencies," said Danièle Nouy, president of the single supervisor (MUS), within of the European Central Bank, in a press release. "It is the work of the national authorities in the fight against money laundering," added the French leader.
The MUS communiqué does not mention the recent accusations of money laundering against the third Latvian bank, the ABLV. Lately, the press has emphasized the ECB's limits on the supervision of the big banks, a function that concerns it since the end of 2014.
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