Communicate information on violations in the context of money laundering supervision (whistleblower system)

If you have information about a violation of the Money Laundering Act (such as tax evasion), you can report this completely anonymously to the responsible supervisory authority.

• Money laundering is used to smuggle illegally obtained assets into the legal economy and prevent them from being accessed by law enforcement authorities.
• If you have information about potential or actual violations of the Money Laundering Act (such as tax evasion), you can report this completely anonymously to the responsible supervisory authority.
  Your tip-off can contribute to the prevention of money laundering or terrorist financing.
• However, you must note that reporting via the anonymous whistleblower system is not the same as reporting a reportable suspicious case to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in accordance with the reporting obligation and authorization in the Money Laundering Act. In this case, you must report your suspected case to the FIU. When submitting a report, you are not obliged to provide personal details. The report can also be made anonymously.

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You can reportyour information against the Money Laundering Act in writing or online and anonymously.

Written procedure:

• You prepare a written report about the potential or actual violation of the Money Laundering Act. Attach evidence if available.
• Important: You can submit your report anonymously in any case.
• The next step is to find the responsible office, for example through the service portals of the federal states. The report can be submitted by post, by e-mail (via an e-mail address set up at short notice with immediate deletion) or via a lawyer. Upon receipt, the responsible office will check the reported information.
• If your contact details are available and the competent body has any queries, your report can be discussed.
• In the case of an anonymous submission, further processing will take place without contacting you.
• If the information indicates a suspected criminal offense, it will be passed on to the responsible public prosecutor's office or police and followed up there.

There is no deadline.

Duration: up to 8 weeks

The processing time is not relevant for the person providing the information, as no results are communicated.

There are no costs.

There are no indications or special features.