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Money laundering, oligarchs, terrorists: How corrupt are the banks?

September 24, 2020

Are banks helping criminals, oligarchs and terrorists to launder money? That's what the so-called FinCen leaks allege. How do the charges stack up? Guests: Daniel Drepper (Buzzfeed), Vendeline von Bredow (Economist), Matthew Karnitschnig (Politico)

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To The Point | Sendung vom 24.09.2020 | TTPE Daniel Drepper
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Daniel Drepper is editor in chief of Buzzfeed Germany. He says: "The suspicious activity REPORTS alerts give banks a free pass to keep moving dirty money and collecting the fees."

 

To The Point | Sendung vom 24.09.2020 | TTPE Matthew Karnitschnig
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Matthew Karnitschnig is chief-Europe correspondent for Politico. He believes: „These scandals are just the latest indication that Germany’s banking sector is neither financially nor culturally sound.”

To The Point | Sendung vom 24.09.2020 | TTPD+E Vendeline von Bredow
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Vendeline von Bredow works for the british Economist. And she thinks: „Just as Deutsche Bank was finally starting to recover, the revelations related to its involvement in money laundering in the FinCEN files are a huge setback.“