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The technological progress within the financial systems, as well as the facile money transfers on the international markets, created a favourable background for money laundry attempts. Thus, funds obtained by means of criminal offence such as the drugs traffic, illegal weapons traffic, human slavery, gambling etc, could enter bank accounts allover the world.
The authorities in charge of countering the delinquency allover many countries, such as the United States of America and Canada, the European Community, Australia, Japan and other countries reached a consensus on the fact that blocking the possibility “to money laundering” and then “to integrating” the amounts is an important instrument of the fight against the terrorist organizations, against drugs traffic and against different types of organized crime. In order to encourage the success of such approach, many countries worldwide established international standards and proper legislation that could allow for cooperation between governments, qualified bodies, and financial institutions.
The methods to commit these offences are under continuous diversification. Considering the dangers of money laundering, such as disturbing the stability of the political, economical, and social systems of the democratic countries and the fact that they endanger the human life, it becomes very important to continue the fight against this phenomenon, by making use of every device available.
By complying with the legislative framework, the credit institutions adopted proper measures to prevent and control the money laundering as well as measures for prevention and combating of terrorism financing acts, in order to implement international sanctions for funds blocking, measures that took the shape of internal policies and procedures, aiming at detecting and discouraging these phenomena.
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