Money Laundry Company Seized

DAMASCUS ,(ST)_  In the context  of the campaign carried out by the Ministry of Interior in coordination with the Central Bank of Syria to pursue manipulators  of the Syrian Pound SP exchange rate and smuggling it , the Ministry seized one exchange company  manipulating the  Syrian pound by buying and selling in  the black market and sending large internal and external  remittances

According to a source at the Interior Ministry on Saturday, investigations revealed  that sums of  US$ one million ,160 thousand euros ,700 thousand Saudi Riyals  and SP  220 million beside  other currencies  deposited in  the names of dealers in the black market with a hidden source by depositors ,  which evidenced  money-laundering operations.

The source confirmed that the Ministry in coordination with the Central Bank of Syria will take  all deterrent measures , intensify  campaigns on  currency exchange companies  and offices and  will not tolerate controlling the manipulators of currency in  the black market , by  arresting  dealers and holding  them accountable in accordance with enforced  laws and regulations. 

T. Fateh