After the specific data had been processed and analyzed, Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing established that there was a basis for suspicion that the criminal offence of money laundering and/or terrorist financing had been committed, and it delivered 91 case to competent institutions, said Vesko Lekić, the director of the Administration.
He adds that the Administration receives and analyzes the data delivered to them by the competent state authorities and other financial and information services on a daily basis.
“If there are reasons to believe that there’s a basis for suspicion that a criminal offence of money laundering or terrorist financing had been committed, the Administration delivers the analyses, information and documentation to competent authorities”, said Lekić.
Opposition claims that Montenegro is a “money laundering machine”. Lekić explains if such claims are grounded.
“Montenegro was recognized as a state that respects international standards in the field of money laundering and terrorist financing. Therefore, relevant international authorities do not see it as money laundering machine, as some say, but rather as a state that applies all the standards with the aim of preventing money laundering”, says Lekić.
He explains the use of the recently introduced browser that will help the citizens and the economy in checking the “suitability” of the cooperators.
“Many browsers of the data about the persons who were convicted or punished are in use now. They can all be found on Word check lists and they are usually incorporated into the software of payment and financial institutions, so that the system reacts automatically if such person appears in the their system”, explained Lekić.
