Hinweise auf Verstöße im Rahmen der Geldwäscheaufsicht (Whistleblower-System) Entgegennahme

If you have information about a violation of the Money Laundering Act, you can report this completely anonymously to the responsible supervisory authority.

• Money laundering is used to smuggle illegally obtained assets into the legal economy and prevent law enforcement authorities from accessing them. The Money Laundering Act imposes due diligence obligations on certain sectors, such as the identification of contractual partners in certain business transactions involving large sums of cash.
• If you have information about potential or actual violations of the Money Laundering Act, you can report this completely anonymously to the responsible supervisory authority.
  Your tip-off can contribute to the prevention of money laundering or terrorist financing.
• However, you must note that reporting via the anonymous whistleblower system is not the same as reporting a reportable suspected case to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which is part of the customs authorities, in accordance with the reporting obligation and the authorization in the Money Laundering Act. In this case, you must report your suspected case to the FIU. When submitting a report, you are not obliged to provide any personal details. The report can also be made anonymously.

You can report a violation of the Money Laundering Act in writing or online and also anonymously.

Written procedure:

• You prepare a written report about the potential or actual violation of the Money Laundering Act. Attach evidence if available.
• Important: You can submit your report anonymously in any case.
• The next step is to find the responsible office, for example through the service portals of the federal states. The report can be submitted by post, by e-mail (via an e-mail address set up at short notice with immediate deletion) or via a lawyer. Upon receipt, the responsible office will check the reported information.
• If your contact details are available and the competent body has any queries, your report can be discussed.
• In the case of an anonymous submission, further processing will take place without contacting you.

If the information indicates a suspected criminal offense, it will be forwarded to the responsible public prosecutor's office or the police, where it will be followed up.

• Information on violations of the Money Laundering Act (whistleblower system) Receipt
• Money laundering is the process of smuggling illegally acquired assets into the legal economy and removing them from the reach of law enforcement authorities.
• Money laundering prevention serves to protect companies from being misused for money laundering purposes.
• Specific reports to supervisory authorities are important and can help to eliminate violations of money laundering prevention regulations and thus ultimately combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Reports can be made anonymously and in writing.
• Who is responsible: The responsibilities in the federal states depend on the supervisory authorities of the respective sectors

In Lower Saxony, the responsible municipal supervisory authorities in the districts and independent cities receive your anonymous report so that they can investigate it. The local authority in whose area the business in question is located is always responsible.