The number of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) increased in 2011 for the fifth consecutive year. In fact, the increase was significant: from 1,159 SARs in 2010 to 1,625 SARs in 2011, an increase of 40 percent. The total asset value involved also rose to a record sum of CHF 3 billion, more than [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2011
For the first time since the Anti-Money Laundering Act came into force, the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS) received over 1,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) in 2010. This represents an increase of more than 29 percent over the previous reporting period and is in keeping with the trend of the last few [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2010
Increasing by 5.3 percent over the previous year, the number of reports made in 2009 for suspicion of money laundering hit an all-time high since reporting suspicious financial transactions was made mandatory. An upward trend in the number of suspicious activity reports underway for the past three years continued in 2009. Never has [...]
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