State Security Committee of Belarus has got wider authority towards people performing financial transactions and suspected in terrorist activity. From now, KGB will control not only those directly performing financial transactions, but all "participants of financial transactions".
KGB extended authorities are fixed in the decision of the Council of Ministers of Belarus № 1287. However, the decision does not specify who is to be under the definition «the participant of financial transaction», Ezhednevnik informs.
In accordance with Belarusian legislation, KGB has a right to draw up a list of people, carrying out financial transactions, in whose respect there are suspicions in making part of terrorist organizations or staying under their control. This is done to prevent the legalization of incomes obtained by illegal means, as well as the funding of terrorist activity.
KGB sends this list to state bodies, controlling financial operations carried out by people included in the list. However, earlier the list could include only those persons who directly performed financial transactions.
