The Authority of combating money laundering, led by the former Supreme Court’s deputy prosecutor Charalambos Vourliotislast year charged fines More than 98 million euros, of which € 2.6 million were received.
This is evident from the information presented to the House of Institutions and Transparency Committee by the Deputy Minister of Justice John Bougas.
In particular, the Authority in the year 2024:
- He sent 355 cases to AADE with 924 persons involved in order to investigate for tax evasion and
- issued 204 control commands. The checks were finalized in 221 cases, which charged fines of EUR 98.3 million, of which € 2.6 million were received.
For cases sent at first in 2024, confirmed tax evasion amounts for black money laundering amount to € 2.4 billion, while certified debts to the State exceed 50,000 euros.
At the same time, Mr Bougas pointed out that “the Authority of combating the money laundering, by its recommendation under Law 3691/2008 and subsequently with Law 4557/2018, as amended and in force, seeks to meet the challenges raised by the diversity and quantitative echo and the constant modernization of the techniques used for the unfair movement and concealment of funds’ and added:
“It is the national unit to combat money laundering, terrorism funding, funding the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and control of property declarations. In this way it contributes to the security and stability of our country’s fiscal and economic policy, while at the same time as an independent administrative authority, it enjoys administrative and functional independence. “