Funds Must Work for Defense: The State Tax Service and Law Enforcement Will Address Schemes of Money Laundering Abroad
The State Tax Service announced the creation of an interagency working group that will focus on identifying and stopping schemes of money laundering abroad. This was stated by the acting Head of the State Tax Service, Lesya Karnaukh.
She recalled that earlier the tax service published data about a large-scale scheme related to risky companies. According to the State Tax Service, more than 2,300 business entities conducted foreign economic operations totaling over 198 billion UAH, after which they effectively ceased their activities.
“Our task is not only to detect such schemes but also, together with law enforcement agencies and other state institutions, to dismantle them and do everything possible to hold the perpetrators and organizers accountable. This issue was discussed during a joint meeting with the participation of the leadership of the State Tax Service, the Bureau of Economic Security, the National Bank, the State Customs Service, the State Financial Monitoring Service, and the Office of the Prosecutor General. A decision was made to create a joint interagency working group,” she said.
According to Karnaukh, the group members agreed to exchange analytical materials regarding each detected case. Each situation will be considered separately and in detail, and work will be carried out to establish the entire chain of persons involved in possible violations.
In addition, the working group will coordinate actions for the early detection of risky foreign economic operations, identification of scheme organizers, ultimate beneficiaries, and actual controllers of non-resident companies that may be used for illegal money laundering.
The State Tax Service emphasized that each agency will operate within its powers and competence.
“We must respond effectively to all detected violations. For the country in wartime conditions, this is primarily a matter of economic security. Because funds must work for our defense, not be laundered abroad, as in this case,” added Lesya Karnaukh.
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