February 2, 2017
On Thursday criminal lawyer Goran Sluiter filed charges against Rabobank on Thursday accusing the bank’s executives of complicity in murder and other crimes committed by Mexican drug cartels. This follows an investigation by the United States judiciary into a Rabobank subsidiary suspected of laundering Mexican drug profits, the Volkskrant reports.
Sluiter doesn’t want Rabobank only prosecuted for money laundering, but also the consequences it has for the Mexican population, he said to the newspaper. Money laundering is a crime with victims. Drug organizations are extremely violent and money laundering is critical for their functioning. Thanks to banks who give them room for it, they can invest the millions of profits back into their criminal operations.” He believes Rabobank can be found guilty for involvement in a criminal organization.