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By Linda Khoo Hui Li<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BANGKOK, Sept 23 (Bernama) — Thailand\u2019s Anti-Money Laundering\nOffice (Amlo) is studying media reports that four Thai banks were involved in\nsuspicious financial transactions about two decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acting Amlo secretary-general Pol Maj Gen Preecha\nCharoensahayanont said Amlo, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) and financial\nintelligence organisations in the kingdom are discussing the next move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe information from the media has yet to be verified and\nno one knows if it came from an official intelligence organisation of the\nUnited States,\u201d he said, quoting Bangkok Post here Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the verifying process will take time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Preecha was commenting on a media report that several global\nbanks allegedly moved illicit funds of more than US$2 trillion (US$1 = RM4.13)\nworth of transactions between 1999 and 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BuzzFed and other media reported on Sunday that several\nglobal banks moved large sums of funds despite red flags of the money, based on\nsuspicious activity reports (SARs) filed by banks and other financial firms\nwith the US Department of Treasury\u2019s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network\n(FinCEN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report was based on 2,100 leaked SARs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four Thai banks were named in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the report, there were at least 92 transactions\nextracted from the FinCEN files that showed how suspicious transfers flowed to\nand from Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the transactions, US$9.56 million were received by the\nbanks while US$ 31.75 million were sent (from the banks) between December 2012\nand January 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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