The number of money laundering cases has increased by a third in Russia

In the first half of 2025, 862 cases related to money laundering were identified in Russia - their number increased by 33% compared to last year, according to the July statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Izvestia studied it).

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Half of the violations concerned the legalization of money in large (from 1.5 million rubles) and especially large (from 6 million rubles) amounts.

Today, one of the most popular schemes for laundering criminal proceeds is cashing out through one—day firms, said the managing partner of the Pen Bar Association. & Paper by Alexey Dobrynin.

"Investments in real estate, precious metals, crypts, and securities through front persons are popular. New schemes are also emerging — through microfinance organizations, fictitious funds and money transfers abroad through third countries," said Vladimir Chernov, analyst at Freedom Finance Global.

For example, in July, former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov received 13 years in prison for embezzling 216 million rubles when buying ferries for the Kerch ferry and embezzling and laundering almost 4 billion from the bank "Intercommerce". Popular blogger Alexandra Mitroshina was also detained in March. She evaded paying taxes, receiving over 127 million, and legalized them by buying an apartment in Moscow.

In January-June, the number of crimes related to bribes also increased by 20% to almost 17 thousand, according to the Interior Ministry. According to media reports, corruption cases were opened in Russia against at least 99 deputies and high-ranking officials in three months of 2025.

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At face value: the number of money laundering cases has increased by a third in the Russian Federation