Wednesday, February 3, 2016

German Political Party Call for "Cash Controls"

Handelsblatt's depiction of what money is all about; launderiing.


It's getting very evil out there.

In a piece called "The Death of Cash,  Handelsblatt reports that the Social Democrats - the junior partner in Angela Merkel’s coalition government - have proposed a €5,000 limit on cash transactions and the elimination of the €500 note.

“Limits on cash transactions would discourage foreign criminals from coming here to launder money,” says a paper penned by the Social Democrats. “If sums over €5,000 have to pass through traceable bank transactions, laundering would be severely hampered, it adds.”

Also Deputy Finance Minister Michael Meister told reporters today that Germany is proposing a euro area ban on cash transactions over €5,000 to combat terrorism financing and money laundering.

“Since money laundering and terrorism financing are cross-border threats,” it makes sense to adopt a bloc-wide “solution”, but “if a European solution isn’t possible, Germany will move ahead on its own,” he added.

 -RW

(ht ZH)

2 comments:

  1. as an AML analyst, this is a no-brainer. (Not to say that I think it is a good thing.)

    In my industry, the use of cash is immediately and always suspicious. Sad days.

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  2. Oh, and if you want to pay yourself, you're going to have some gross margin left over for that as well.guarantor loans

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