site.btaIllegally Acquired Cash in Russia Is Laundered in EU - Study

Sofia, October 4 (BTA) - Cash illegally acquired in Russia is laundered in EU countries as investments in various activities, Harry Hummel, Associate Policy Director of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee told a BTA-hosted news conference Wednesday.

It is interesting to note that in some countries common law is applied in a different way, Hummel pointed out and added that corruption and human rights are two closely related subjects. The fight against it and the fight for them should run shoulder to shoulder.

Some of the countries did not even answer questions of the investigators, he pointed out.

The solution of the problem lies in a common anti-corruption authority - this was the conclusion of the participants in an international expert round table on the subject of prospects for cooperation between EU law-enforcement authorities and civil investigating groups to fight trans-border police corruption, Hummel also said.