SLOVENIAN BANK FACES CLAIMS IT HELPED ROUTE PAYMENTS TO FUND IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
September 1st, 2017
Slovenia’s largest commercial bank is under investigation over allegations that it may have facilitated the laundering of around EUR1 billion in to more than 30,000 accounts worldwide, with concerns that some of the money was sent to Iran, between 2008 and 2010. The Office of the State Prosecutor General is investigating if the deposits to the state-owned Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) violated international embargos against Iran, imposed over concerns about its then nuclear power programme. The prosecutor is also examining the bank’s overall performance ...
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