EX-SOVIET STATES STRUGGLE TO COMBAT ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
March 1st, 2010
BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA'S near abroad appears to offer an A-Z of both money laundering activities - from low level corruption to more sinister opium-based profits - and of the wide spectrum of governmental attitudes towards tackling the problem.
"While Russian and Ukrainian gangs have a presence in a lot of the activity in the region, most money laundering is still done by indigenes," said Mark Galeotti, of the Centre for Global Affairs at New York University (NOTE - SPELLING IS CORRECT). This can be seen in Azerbaijan, which has, after three critical ...
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