The Presidency of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) is conducting the duties of data collection, analyzing, evaluating, research and examination, and communicating the information and results obtained to the relevant authorities within the scope of the laundering of criminal revenues and the prevention of financing of terrorism.
In this context, 558 thousand 595 suspects were sent to MASAK last year about 1 million 65 thousand 825 people. 453 thousand 196 (81 percent) of these notifications were analyzed.
While the majority of the suspected transaction notifications were taken electronically, 375 of the 442 obligations transmitting notifications were financial institutions. Notifications contained mostly tax evasion, illegal betting and gambling and not to declare that someone else’s account was made.
While 15 thousand 768 of the notifications were demanded to postpone, 4 thousand 994 of the requests were made as a result of the analyzes made last year.
The number of people who decided to postpone the first time last year was 669. In the analysis of postponement requests, 521 reports were issued about 1269 people, while two information notes and information sharing were forwarded to judicial authorities and law enforcement units. As a result of the studies carried out by MASAK, 73 of the 985 people who were decided to postpone were decided to confiscate the judicial authorities.
Last year, 15 thousand 895 notice and research requests were sent to MASAK. 95 percent of these requests (15 thousand 68) and the research requests sent by the law enforcement units, 5 percent (827) created other demands defined as individual and institutional notices. 2 thousand 170 applications were made to Masak through Cimer. 273 of this created notices.
266 of the analysis files are about illegal betting
60 thousand 467 people were conducted within the scope of the analysis studies in the said period, while 4 thousand 621 reports or information grades were prepared as a result of the analyzes.
In 2024, 6 thousand 191 analysis files were finalized. While 266 of the analysis files were related to illegal betting, intelligence collection and analysis studies were carried out about 27 thousand 428 people within the scope of these files.
As a result of the studies, 263 analysis report and information grade and 19 crimes were issued and sent to the relevant prosecutor’s office or the Department of Anti -Cyber Crimes to be used in the determination of illegal betting crimes.
328 people filed a criminal complaint against
In the analysis and evaluation studies, a total of 328 people, including 180 people and 148 people in laundering investigations, were filed a criminal complaint.
423 obliged inspections within the scope of the obligation audits, approximately 965 million pounds administrative fine was imposed, 27 people were filed a criminal complaint against the prosecutor’s office. In addition, in 2024, 177 obliged financial sanctions were started to audit.
On the other hand, 91 different countries financial intelligence units demanded information from MASAK 748 times. MASAK requested information 74 times from the financial intelligence unit of 36 different countries.
