With a slightly improved score of 4.55 from last year External link (10 is the worst possible mark), Switzerland remains a middle-ranking country for money-laundering risk. Fixing weak spots in the financial system “is long overdue”. “When it comes to tackling dirty money, most countries are taking one step forward and four steps back – and remaining too many steps behind criminals seeking to launder illicit funds,” the institute said. The study notes that while countries have more tools at their disposal to detect criminal funds, they lack sufficient cooperation and political willpower to translate this into concrete progress. + Dirty money thrives without banking secrecy The NGO’s “Basel AML (anti-money-laundering) Index” perceives the money-laundering threat to society at around the same level as last year, both worldwide and in Switzerland.

Switzerland, too, must work harder to prevent criminals from using its banking system to hide ill-gotten gains, an index published by the Basel Institute on Governance indicates. Italiano (it) Il denaro sporco resta una minaccia per la società.Français (fr) L’argent sale reste une menace pour la société, alerte une ONG anticorruption.Português (pt) Dinheiro sujo continua ameaçando a sociedade.Deutsch (de) Die Schweiz tritt im Geldwäscherei-Ranking an Ort.

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