Last week the Ministry of Finance was searched as part of an investigation into an anti-money laundering unit of the customs. Its state secretary is said to have published part of the search warrant on Twitter.
The Osnabrück public prosecutor has initiated an investigation against the State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Wolfgang Schmidt. The reason is the partial publication of a search warrant on Twitter, said a spokesman for the prosecutor on Tuesday. This should concern essential parts of the search warrant. The proceedings had been handed over to the Berlin public prosecutor’s office. Several media had previously reported on it.
Investigation against money laundering special unit of the customs
In investigations against those responsible for Financial Intelligence United (FIU), a special money laundering unit of the customs, the Osnabrück public prosecutor had the Federal Ministry of Finance and Justice searched last week. Documents were also confiscated, as the public prosecutor announced. Since last year, the public prosecutors have been investigating a suspicion of thwarting punishment in office by the FIU.
According to the Osnabrück public prosecutor’s office spokesman, the corresponding Section 353d of the Criminal Code prohibits making documents from preliminary proceedings, such as search warrants, public before they are heard in court.
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