Prevention of money laundering through banks

U ovome radu obraĊena je tema sprjeĉavanja pranja novca putem banaka. Opisane su faze i metode pranja novca, zakonska prava i obveze banaka, sudionici, naĉini i postupci sprjeĉavanja pranja novca i njihov utjecaj na cjelokupan financijski sustav, ne samo u Republici Hrvatskoj nego i meĊunarodno. Time se naglašava vaţnost meĊunarodne suradnje jer je pranje novca meĊunarodni problem koji uništava cjelokupni financijski sustav zemlje. Da bi bankarski sektor odrţao financijski sustav ĉistim, vaţno je da se pridrţava propisanih zakonskih odredbi, metoda i mjera koje mora provoditi. Samo pridrţavanjem navedenih radnji, bankarski sektor moţe izvršiti zadaću koja mu se stavlja na veliku odgovornost, jer sve daljnje kaznene aktivnosti zapoĉinju upravo na pranju novca. Nedvojbeno, svi sudionici u sustavu sprjeĉavanja pranja novca i financiranja terorizma moraju meĊusobno suraĊivati i razmjenjivati informacije kako bi bili pravodobno informirani te si meĊusobno pomogli u iskorjenjivanju pranja novca.This paper deals with the topic of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing in the banking system. The paper describes the stages and methods of money laundering, legal rights and obligations of banks, participants, methods and procedures of money laundering prevention and their impact on the entire financial system, not only in the Republic of Croatia but also internationally. This emphasizes the importance of international cooperation since money laundering is an international problem. In order to keep the financial sector clean, it is relevant that it adheres to the statutory provisions, methods and measures it must implement. It is only by adhering to these actions that the banking sector can carry out the task that is being held to great responsibility, since all further criminal activities begin precisely on money laundering. Undoubtedly, all participants in the system for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing must cooperate with each other, exchange information in order to be informed in a timely manner and help each other to eradicate money laundering