Germany Seeks Foreign Evidence in Russian Enterprise Money Laundering

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
22
Issue: 
2
55
Abstract: 

On December 2, 2005, German prosecutors reported making judicial assistance requests from several countries in connection with a suspected money laundering investigation that may involve Russian Communications Mr. X. According to spokeswoman Doris Moeller-Scheu, law enforcement authorities in Denmark, Cyprus and Switzerland are already cooperating with Frankfurt prosecutors concerning investigations of a scheme to extract money from Russian state-owned companies ? [more]