MONEY LAUNDERING REPORT
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL, in ParisTHE WORLD'S premier anti-money laundering operation has released a detailed report detailing how corrupt accountants are increasingly using their expertise to help criminals clean dirty money. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says that accountants are not only advising criminals on money laundering, but arranging paperwork and even conducting illicit transactions themselves. And although the FATF says that the number of accountants involved is still "rather small", ...
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