MOSCOW, April 25 (AVN) - The interdepartmental centre for combating money laundering has registered 744 cases of money laundering this year, the centre director, Major General Alexander Mikhailenko, said on Wednesday.
The number of such crimes is growing in Russia, Mikhailenko told the Military News Agency. In 1999, law-enforcers registered 965 cases of money laundering, but next year, the figure doubled. The current money laundering detection rate has already exceeded 2000's figures 57.6 percent.
According to the director, adjustment of Russian legislation to international requirements and adoption of the federal law "Concerning Counteraction to Money Laundering" will reinforce positions of the Russian law-enforcement agencies in batting this kind of economic crime.
The interdepartmental centre for combating money laundering was set up in July 1999. Its core is the Interior Ministry main department for combating economic crimes. Besides, it comprises officials of the security service, customs, tax police, tax police, Economy Ministry, Finance Ministry and Ministry of Taxes and Duties. The centre's offices are operating in 49 component parts of the Russian Federation.