“Handelsbanken”, one of the most famous and most credible banks in Sweden with a long tradition, will suspend the transfer of money with countries that are on the black list due to the large volume of money laundering, and Serbia is among those countries.
Goran Miletic from the Organizing Committee of the Belgrade Pride pointed out that he was told from this bank that from the first day of July he will not be able to receive or send money through the account he has and to do everything he procured by that date.
Two or three days ago, I received a letter from the bank informing me that they would suspend the transfer of money with some countries and that one of those countries was on the list of countries where I had transfers this year. Since there is no specific list of countries, I wrote to them and received a list from their clerk. It is about money laundering and because of money laundering, they have to carry out stronger procedures with some of those countries and not pay them that kind of money transfers that are not too big. They decided to bring new rules and a list on the ban on money transfers with some countries from July 1, and Serbia is among them. Besides us, there are also Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, Ukraine … I was told, therefore, that they could not help me and that I could neither send nor receive money – said Miletic.
He added that this decision specifically refers to the mentioned bank “Handelsbanken”, that other banks are not advertised on this occasion for now, but that it is certain that they could be run on the same principle as “Handelsbanken”.
This is my “Handelsbank”, one of the strongest banks in Sweden, with a great tradition. It is still not a decision of the Central Bank, but there is a possibility that it will be. I called some other banks to check as I have to change the account and the bank. Other banks said they did not know what would happen in the future and whether they would also ban the transfer of money to the mentioned countries. So, until July 1, I can send and receive money without any problems, but they informed me in advance from Handelsbank that it will no longer be possible from that date. This is the policy of the bank and they will not take risks with countries where a large amount of money laundering is represented – concluded Miletic, Pravda reports.
