Money Laundering Bulletin
Russia – on the offensive
Rosfinmonitoring, Russia’s financial intelligence unit, charged with development and direction of the country’s anti-money
laundering and counter terrorist financing regime - and reporting straight to President Putin - is working on a raft of stricter
controls and penalties. Eugene Vorotnikov spoke to Yuri Chikhanchin, head of Rosfinmonitoring; Additional reporting by Alan
Osborn.