FNTT
The Financial Crime Investigation Service (lit. Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba , FNTT ) is the national judicial authority in the field of financial crime in Lithuania . It combats money laundering and the financing of terrorism , prepares preventive measures aimed at creating an effective national anti-money laundering system, and ensures its proper functioning as well as conducting preliminary investigations into the legalization of funds and assets derived from criminal activity.
The service is the main state institution responsible for coordinating the cooperation between the bodies in connection with the implementation of money laundering prevention measures. FNTT is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania and was established by virtue of its own law (Lietuvos Respublikos finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnybos įstatymas).
history
The service was established by the Government of Lithuania on February 4, 1997 as a department of the tax police at the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania ( Mokesčių policijos departamentas prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos ) and registered as an independent authority on June 18, 1997. In 2014 there were 150 employees.
Directors
- until 2010: Romualdas Boreika (* 1955)
- 2010–2012: Vitalijus Gailius (* 1969)
- since 2012: Kęstutis Jucevičius (* 1968)
Web links
- FNTT (LT, EN)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FINANSINIŲ NUSIKALTIMŲ TYRIMO TARNYBOS. Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
- ↑ Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos Vilnius 188608786. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved May 16, 2015 (Lithuanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vr, Vidaus reikalų Ministerija. Finansinių Nusikaltimų Tyrimo Tarnyba Prie Vrm darbuotojai. In: Rekvizitai.lt. Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
