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    If you suffer any disadvantages following a suspicious activity report or an internal report to your employer, you can lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

    Description

    If there are facts indicating that

    1. an asset associated with a business relationship, brokerage or transaction originates from a criminal offense that could constitute a predicate offense to money laundering
    2. a business transaction, a transaction or an asset is related to terrorist financing, or
    3. the contracting party has not fulfilled its obligation to disclose to the obliged entity whether it intends to establish, continue or carry out the business relationship or transaction for a beneficial owner, the obliged entity must immediately report this fact to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), irrespective of the value of the asset concerned or the amount of the transaction. If you are exposed to a disadvantage in connection with your employment relationship due to the submission of a suspicious activity report to the FIU or due to the internal reporting of such facts to the obligated party, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Legal action remains unaffected by the complaints procedure. The complaint is made via a protected communication channel.

    Competent office

    not specified

    Contact point

    not specified

    Forms

    Forms: yes, confidential information system of the supervisory authority, Section 49 para. 5 sentence 3 in conjunction with Section 53 para. § Section 53 para. 1 sentence 2 GwG

    Online procedure possible: yes

    Written form required: no

    Personal appearance required: no

    Prerequisites

    • You have submitted a suspicious activity report to the FIU or an internal report of suspicious circumstances to your employer
    • As a result of this report, you are at a disadvantage in connection with your employment relationship

    § Section 49 (5) of the Money Laundering Act
    § Section 53 (5a) of the Money Laundering Act

    not specified

    Procedure

    • The complainant submits his or her complaint to the competent supervisory authority
    • The complaint is examined by the competent authority
    • The competent authority may take supervisory measures
    • The complainant is informed at the end of the procedure

    Notes (specifics)

    not specified

    Unterstützende Institutionen

    not specified

    Welche Dokumente resultieren aus dieser Leistung?

    not specified

    Area of validity

    Lower Saxony

    Official approval

    Officially approved by not specified

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 26.03.2024
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Keywords

    Money Laundering Act, Money laundering

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 23.10.2024