Newsletter 610: Information of the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS)

Dear Sir or Madam

Please find below the recent update of the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS) with which MROS re-explains and re-emphasizes the requirements with respect to form and content of any report of any suspicion of money laundering according to Art. 9 AMLA respectively with respect to the special duties of due diligence of any financial intermediary according to Art. 6 para 2 AMLA. Unfortunately, the update is only availabe in German, Italian or French. We nevertheless would like to draw your attention tot he following excerpt:

«MROS erinnert hiermit daran, wie wichtig Abklärungen im Sinne von Art. 6 Abs. 2 GwG bei erhöhten Verdachtsmomenten sind. Verdachtsmeldungen zu Handen von MROS müssen zudem die formalen Voraussetzungen gemäss Art. 3 MGwV erfüllen. Insbesondere hat die Meldung eine möglichst genaue Darlegung der Verdachtsmomente zu enthalten, auf die sich die Meldung stützt (Art. 3 Abs. 1 Bst. h MGwV). Im Falle von diesbezüglich unvollständigen Meldungen gilt die Meldepflicht unter Umständen als nicht erfüllt (vgl. Urteil des Bundesgerichts 6B_1453/2017 vom 7. August 2018 E. 3.4).»

To facilitate any reporting of any suspicion of money laundering, MROS has revised its reporting forms. You can find the respective forms here: https://www.fedpol.admin.ch/fedpol/en/home/kriminalitaet/geldwaescherei/meldung/meldeformular.html

Finally, MROS provides us with an update regarding the possibility to submit any report electronically. Other than initially planned, the electronical report will not be ready before 1 January 2020. You can find a test version of this electronical reporting tool here : https://www.gewawebintg.fedpol.admin.ch/goAMLWEB_4_4_INTG_CLN/Home. We will update you about any respective developments in due time.

Please find all details in attached letter of MROS (on German, French and Italian).

Kind regards

VQF – Verein zur Qualitätssicherung von Finanzdienstleistungen