Home Department written question – answered on 11th July 2006.
Anne Milton
Conservative, Guildford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether police officers are required to verify when requested the authenticity of personal documentation on occasions when the public are required by financial organisations to send verified copies of the personal documentation by post.
Edward Balls
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
I have been asked to reply.
The 2003 Money Laundering Regulations place a responsibility on financial institutions and other firms in the regulated sector to verify the identity of their customers.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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