Article: ROMANIA: ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT HALTS BANK TRANSFERS TO 'SUSPICIOUS FOREIGN ACCOUNTS'.(Brief Article)

The government on 15 November issued an emergency ordinance forbidding the transfer of money to foreign accounts suspected of links with international terrorist organizations, Mediafax reported. Banks are obliged to immediately report to the authorities any attempt to carry out such transactions, and the ordinance provides for prison terms of between five and 20 years for those guilty of infringing the ordinance's provisions. SRI Director Radu Timofte told journalists after the CSAT meeting that investigations carried out by his ...

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