Money laundering prevention - providing information on breaches (whistleblower system)
Geldwäscheprävention - Hinweise auf Verstöße geben (Whistleblower-System)
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Requirements
• Indications of breaches within the framework of money laundering supervision
You have any information or indications of potential or actual breaches of the Money Laundering Act and would like to report them to the competent supervisory authority.
Documents you need
• Notice/suspicious activity report
In your notice/ suspicious activity report, describe the facts about the potential or actual breach of the Money Laundering Act as precisely and comprehensively as possible.
• If necessary, further evidence
If available, attach other relevant evidence (e.g. documents, files, witness statements, etc.) to your suspicious activity report.
Fees
none
Legal basis
• Geldwäschegesetz (GwG, Money Laundering Act) § 53 para. 1 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gwg_2017/__53.html
Further information
• Information about prevention of money laundering by the Senate Department for Economics www.berlin.de/sen/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsrecht/geldwaesche/ar
• Basic Information Money Laundering Act for Obligated Persons in the Gambling Sector of the LABO www.berlin.de/labo/_assets/buergerdienste/20190311-basisinfo
• Notes on the interpretation and application of the Money Laundering Act (AMLA) www.berlin.de/labo/_assets/buergerdienste/20190204_aua-gwg-g
• Notarial Affairs and Money Laundering Supervision of the President of the Berlin Regional Court (Landgericht Berlin) www.berlin.de/gerichte/landgericht/das-gericht/notariatsange
• First National Risk Analysis www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Downloads/Broschue
• Central Office for Financial Transaction Investigations (FIU) www.zoll.de/DE/FIU/fiu_node.html
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- Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO)
- Glücksspielwesen
- Landgericht Berlin
- Die Präsidentin des Landgerichts Berlin II - Dienststelle Littenstraße
- Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe
- Abteilung Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsordnung
Original
German originalOfficial English page
Service number 350001 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/350001/