Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten
Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten
Economic crime report 2004 - Ekobrottsmyndigheten
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when they suspect that illegalities are being committed. Casinos are subject<br />
to a special Government decision on the duty to <strong>report</strong>.<br />
FiPo can also request information of professional dealers in antiques, art,<br />
gems, precious metals, scrap and means of transport, as well as gaming<br />
and lottery operations.<br />
Reported Money Laundering<br />
FiPo received 9,832 <strong>report</strong>s of money laundering in 2003, a 1,752<br />
increase from the year before. A significant proportion, some 45%, of<br />
the greater number was from the Stockholm area. Given that Stockholm<br />
is the country’s financial hub, it not surprisingly accounts for almost half<br />
of all <strong>report</strong>s. FiPo worked further on 2,257 of the <strong>report</strong>s that arrived in<br />
2003.<br />
Graph 7 Reports of money laundering, 1998–2003<br />
12000<br />
10000<br />
9 832<br />
8000<br />
8 080<br />
6000<br />
4000<br />
2000<br />
0<br />
846<br />
1 512<br />
2 560 4 155<br />
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003<br />
The largest number of money laundering <strong>report</strong>s are from foreign<br />
exchange offices, one reason being that some of them provide notification<br />
of almost all transactions over SEK 110,000.<br />
Since exchange offices have only fleeting contact with their customers,<br />
they have an unusually difficult time spotting suspicious transactions. On<br />
a number of occasions, FiPo and Finansinspektionen have discussed the<br />
problem with representatives of certain exchange offices.<br />
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