A major bank’s CEO is facing public prosecution in relation to money laundering. There are lessons for civil society, public prosecutors and AML professionals; will they be learned?
GAB is pleased to publish this analysis by Emile J. M. Van Der Does De Willebois, Coordinator of the World Bank/UNODC Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, of the significance of a decision of the Gerechtshof Den Haag, the Dutch appeals court in The Hague. As he explains, for too long authorities in the developed world have ignored the role lawyers, bankers, and other “enablers” play in facilitating corruption in the developing world. Let us hope that the court’s decision marks a turning point in holding them accountable for their role in corruption crimes.
Last month, a Dutch appeals court ordered the public prosecutor to initiate the criminal prosecution of the former CEO of the nation’s largest bank. The court directed that Ralph Hamers be put on trial for money laundering and other crimes the Amsterdam-based banking giant ING committed during his seven–year tenure as its chief executive…
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A Fair Cop 