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Deutsche Bank Offices Raided in Money Laundering Probe

Deutsche Bank's offices in Frankfurt and Berlin have been raided by officials as part of an inquiry into money laundering.

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German police search Deutsche Bank offices in money laundering probe reut.rs/4qaJkF7

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-- Reuters (@reuters.com) Jan 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM

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... In 2018, its Frankfurt headquarters and five other offices in the city were raided in a money laundering operation involving about 170 police and officials.

That investigation looked into whether Deutsche Bank staff helped clients set up offshore accounts to "transfer money from criminal activities", and was focused on activities between 2013 and the start of 2018. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-29 12:11 AM

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Like this? ...

BaFin to Deepen Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Investigation (Feb 2019)
www.financemagnates.com

...Deutsche Bank released a statement on Friday saying that BaFin, the German financial regulator, has extended the remit of an independent auditor examining the lender's role in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal.

The case stems from an ongoing investigation into the Danish bank's Estonian division.

After a whistle-blower sounded the alarm about the activity of certain customers, most of whom were from Russia and the former Soviet Union, in late 2018, it became apparent that Danske Bank's Tallinn-based operations were doing business with some less than scrupulous individuals.

It is alleged that the bank laundered around $225 billion from 2007 to 2014. If that is the case, it would potentially be the largest instance of money laundering ever uncovered.

Deutsche Bank falls into the mix as it acted as Danske Bank's main correspondent bank. According to the Financial Times, the German bank was responsible for facilitating $180 billion in suspicious transactions....

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Deutsche Bank Offices Are Raided In Money Laundering Probe (Nov 2018)
www.npr.org

...In recent years, Deutsche Bank has been in the news not only for its prominence in the Panama Papers, but also for its ties to President Trump, in a tumultuous relationship that goes back some 20 years.

Trump and the bank once sued each other after he failed to repay a $300 million loan. And the author and reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" between the bank's dealings with figures in Russia and its business with Trump. ...

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From what I've heard over the years...

In the late 1990's, early 2000's, it seemed that citizen Trump had blown through his final inheritance. In spite of that, he apparently came up with 100's of millions of $$$ from somewhere (or someone?) to build golf courses in Scotland and buy another one.

It was reported that he ultimately spent 100's of millions of dollars on those golf courses.

But where did all that money come from?
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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-29 12:13 AM

Let me take a wild guess.

(Possibly) Trump threatened to blow the whistle on Deutsche Bank's money laundering scheme with Russia if they didn't bury his $300 million loan.

I don't recall all the details, but I seem to remember that Deutsch had a system whereby they could transfer Trump's debt to Russia who would then pay off the loan.

What it amounted to was money laundering.

Please correct me if I got that wrong.

#3 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-01-30 06:53 AM

Trump has no friends in Western Europe that will put a lid on any information likely to implicate him. If he's dirty, they will be all to happy to reveal it.

#4 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2026-01-30 09:30 AM

Deutsche has quite a history with the bankruptcy-prone orange chomo.

www.propublica.org

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-30 10:21 AM

REIN

And Deutsche has a long history of money laundering.

#6 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-01-31 02:30 AM

Good thing the investigation is not going on in the US, as our legal system is so corrupted by big money and Trump that one could be pretty sure the guilty would go free and those who pointed out the astoundingly massive money laundering would be harassed terribly.

#7 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-01-31 08:32 AM

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