Money laundering on the rise

Money laundering cases showed a crisp summation from the archetypal weeks of 2026, arsenic information from the audit authorities uncover a representation of aggravated enactment surrounding the question of undeclared funds and suspicious banking transactions.

The information the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has collected, successful collaboration with the Authority for Combating Money Laundering, amusement 2026 has begun with an unprecedented fig of cases, already topping the full figures of 2025 successful conscionable a fewer months.

Bank relationship inspections, some successful Greece and abroad, person intensified significantly, arsenic the services effort to place undeclared income, suspicious superior transfers and assets that are not justified by the declared fiscal information of taxpayers. The adjacent practice betwixt the two authorities seems to beryllium bearing fruit, arsenic information cross-checks and targeted audits are starring to much revelations. 

According to AADE data, successful the archetypal 4th of 2026 alone, the Authority for Combating Money Laundering sent 107 cases for investigation, involving 399 individuals. This acold exceeds the 45 cases by 237 individuals recorded passim 2025.