What’s Known About Massive Russia Money Laundering Scheme, ‘Troika Laundromat’
Christian Baumgaertel, 07 March 2019
The so-called Troika Laundromat was a financial network set up by a Russian investment bank to help clients move money out of the country and hide it. The scheme exported about $4.8 billion over seven years, with the help of a now-defunct Lithuanian bank.
That much we know from disclosures by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project [OCCRP] and its partner news organizations. Almost daily revelations over the last week have widened the group of banks involved and added to a picture of massive laundering — perhaps facilitated by the absence of a central enforcement agency in Europe. Continue reading “Article: What’s Known About Massive Russia Money Laundering Scheme, ‘Troika Laundromat’”
