Control over anonymous online payments in Russia are planning to tighten

This year, the Russian authorities plan to tighten control over anonymous online payments. The goal - the fight against illegal financial transactions, including cashing in, the removal of assets, the financing of terrorism, writes "Kommersant". Russian and international regulators are now compiling a detailed list of suspicious transactions.

Deputy head of Rosfinmonitoring Pavel Livadny said that the greatest risk from the point of view of combating terrorism is anonymous transfers. This may be, for example, crowdfunding, when small amounts are transferred to anonymous e-wallets via the Network.

“As a rule, such donations are labeled with a designated specific purpose - that is, the collection of funds is formally, for example, in favor of the people of Syria, Somalia, etc.,” explained Mr. Livadny. terrorist groups, ”said Livadny.

Another such channel is electronic terminals. With their help, funds can be transferred by persons about whose documents there is no information in the databases. Measures to tighten anonymous Internet payments in Russia began to be developed at the insistence of FATF (International Group for the Development of Financial Measures Against Money Laundering).
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Rosfinmonitoring with relevant departments plans to create a list of suspicious financial transactions subject to control. The department is coordinating the results of the development of measures to counter the financing of terrorism with the FATF. A new system is planned to be put into operation during the year. “Banks and other organizations will be obliged to pay special attention to them and in the event of a real threat to slow down such operations,” the deputy head of Rosfinmonitoring commented on the project.