July/31/2016
All suspicious financial transactions will be suspended in Turkey by the country’s Financial Crime Investigation Board (MASAK) in a bid to avert any money laundering and terror financing activities, according to a new decree. The process will start when any documents are found or serious suspicions arise about the existence of any money laundering or terror financing activities in transactions through banks, financing and factoring companies, equity capital funds, asset management companies or notaries, said the decree, which was published in the Official Gazette on July 29.
The respective parties will be responsible for reporting such transactions along with supportive evidence to MASAK and will demand the transaction be suspended. Solid and robust evidence about the existence of money laundering or terror financing activities will be a must to start a probe.
