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The use of offshores’ charts is not the exceptionally modern phenomenon. When ancient Athens entered the 2% import- and export-tax, the Greek merchants started making detour in twenty miles to avoid payment of these taxes. The milliards of dollars of European riches were kept out of harm's way in Swiss banks in the Second World War-time. Lately other countries entered in force laws about secrecy on appearance and similarity Swiss and began compete bringing in international capitals.

Off-shore charts are based on the use of the possibilities given by made agreements about the exception of double taxation. In Russia, for example, it has got considerable development of practical worker of the use of offshores’ companies for international investments. Branches and substructures are created in combination with the largest domestic financially-industrial groups and corporations. In the everyday’s activity the last use plenty of offshore-firms.

How To Restrict "Dirty Capital"

 

Information will flow down in a central "Bureau of Communications", which is empowered to analyze it and, if suspicion is confirmed, will pass business in law enforcement authorities for investigation. After the receipt of signal "service on communications" registers information in the data bank. It is set, whether the extension of five-day term of blocking of accounts is needed and whether it is needed to report about it in law enforcement authorities of proper Canton. Then experts proceed to analytical work. They find out, whether a client was suspected before, information is collected about him, including abroad, entering into the contact with specialists on the fight against "washing-up money".

According to the general public prosecutor of Canton of Geneva of Bernard Bertossy, there are criteria, on which it is possible to distinguish "clean" money from "dirty". Cause for suspicion, according to him, can give operations with cash on a hand to the amount of more than 100 thousand francs ($67 thousand), and also the transactions carried out through the foreign branches of banks. A new law supposes strengthening of control after banks and financial mediators. The supervision after them will be carried out by official instances, and also professional organizations uniting advocates and other employees of bank and non-bank financial sector. A financial mediator does not have a right to require plenary powers of legal origin of his money from a client, this is matter of law enforcement authorities.

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