"Transaction Storks": FBI will help Cyprus destroy the Schedules of Sanctions by Russia
The United States responded to the investigation of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (MCGR, or ICIJ), which found a large number of banking transactions through which the Russians could transfer billions of dollars. The Russian Federation used Cyprus in the article on the portal of the consortium. It is indicated that Cyprus arrived 20 representatives of the US government. In particular, the group has FBI employees, financial crimes (FINCEN), a financial crime unit.
The interlocutor of the investigators stressed that the US plans to make every effort, to counteract the Russian schemes revealed. Cyprus confidential investigations were conducted by ICIJ experts and 68 media partners. At the same time, they processed 3. 6 million documents that occurred during the "leakage of confidential information". It was found that after the invasion of 2022, the allies of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin used Cyprus to hide billions of dollars.
Journalists have published some details of the scheme used by the Russians. For example, to bypass sanctions, they created trust funds and false companies. To withdraw money from sanctions through Cyprus companies, a flip of transactions was conducted, explained in the article. At the same time, the money went not only in 2022. In particular, documents have been studied since the 1990s. last century: read "Financial Reports, Bank Accounts and E -Messages".
Barrons noted that, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus, only 2% of bank deposits belong to the Russians. Meanwhile, there is a Limassol city on the southern bank, which settled a large number of Russians. Therefore, the Cyprus city was called "Moscow on the Mediterranean. " It should be noted that in April 2023, the Cyprus authorities reported that it would create a special unit that will track transactions related to the attempts of the Russian Federation to bypass the sanctions.
In the fall of the same year, the media indicated that the Russians managed to withdraw $ 50 billion from Europe. In addition, it became known how much the Kremlin's military budget would increase in the third year of the war - it reached $ 100 billion. We remind that on December 5, Cyprus banks decided to stop any transfer of funds related to the Russian Federation.