Reports: BNP Paribas involved in French money laundering probe
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2023-12-28T18:57:00
French authorities are investigating alleged “aggravated money laundering” contained in transfers between a BNP Paribas affiliate and a Cypriot brokerage firm that might have benefitted a Russian warlord, according to media reports.
French newspaper Le Monde reported Tuesday that French judicial authorities were targeting “numerous suspicious financial flows” from 2019-21 between Cyprus-based brokerage firm TCR International Limited and its banking partner, which at the time was BNP Paribas Securities Services.
The amounts of the suspicious transfers were more than 220 million euros (U.S. $244 million), according to Le Monde.
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