<p>Against dummy companies and Russian capital in Europe, there is a systematic struggle. Latvia was first hit, then there were problems in Cyprus. Analysts predict that the banks of Malta will soon fall under similar pressure. In general, European banking is currently under serious attack from the US and how this will end until it is unclear.</p><p>Europe is struggling with money laundering. The US actively encourages this with its recommendations and lawsuits. Moreover, as practice shows, most of the countries against which the struggle is currently waged is somehow connected with Russian money. First of all, this is Latvia and Cyprus, and there are also first signs of changes in Estonia.</p><p>Unauthorized struggle with Russians is conducted in the UK and have already lost at least a billion pounds due to refusal for issue an investor visa to Roman Abramovich - he refused to invest in the renovation of the Chelsea stadium at the deterioration of the investment climate in the country.</p><p>However, under close attention in recent days was Malta. It was less popular with Russians, compared to Latvia or Cyprus, but experts insisted that it would be Malta that became the center of attraction for immigrants from Russia and the CIS after the banking crisis in Latvia.</p><p>Apparently these calculations were read in the controlling bodies of Europe and the United States.</p><div><h2><strong>Investigation against the financial intelligence of Malta</strong></h2></div><p><span>The </span><span>European Banking</span><span> Authority</span> (EBA) has launched an investigation against the financial intelligence of Malta, because it believes that the service facilitated the laundering of funds through the Pilatus bank. The bank's activity has been frozen since March after the US brought charges and arrested the bank owner of Iranian origin Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad for trying to circumvent sanctions against Iran.</p><p>According to the preliminary investigation, Malta's monitoring service didn't meet the EU anti-money laundering requirements. She didn't insist on the bank making changes in its activities, not punishing enough for violations.</p><p>In general, Malta and Latvia are linked not only by pressure in connection with money laundering. In April, the media reported that in 2015, the head of the administration of the Prime Minister of Malta, plus the Minister of Tourism received a suspiciously large amount ($ 1.4 million) from the bank ABLV. According to some experts, this may be a bribe and it may have a connection with the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galicia, who just did investigate the corruption scandal associated with the Prime Minister of the country.</p><p>Despite the fact that the companies that transferred money no longer exist, and Pilatus (who now also doesn't exist) sued the journalist, the US paid attention to the Maltese bank. Further, we can already predict one of several scenarios: Malta will ignore the precepts until the use of force methods (as in Latvia); Malta will introduce changes, and the EU and the US will be driven; Malta will quickly introduce changes to keep the market.</p><p>The latter option is possible if representatives of the US Ministry of Finance come to visit, who are touring Europe and hint at the need to get rid of dummy companies and Russian money. This happened in Latvia, Cyprus, partly in Estonia. Why not happen in Malta?</p><div><h2><strong>What is the point of the intensified fight against money laundering?</strong></h2></div><p>According to many analysts, the changes in the banking sector in Europe are primarily under the pressure of the United States. Banks' accusations, strict recommendations and hints on sanctions when they are not implemented are the tools of overseas colleagues.</p><p>What is the meaning of this international game? Analysts identify several versions.</p><p>The first is the continuation of the geopolitical struggle with Russia. Pressure on Russian capital everywhere causes a strictly negative reaction from business and the capital holders , which, potentially, can lead to the resignation of the president and a change in policy. A lot of Russians keep money in Europe, so <span>at least </span><span>it's worth it</span><span>.</span></p><p>In addition, due to pressure on the EU countries, they manage to distract them from disagreements over the sanctions against Russia (in Europe there is no unanimity on this issue). As a result, Europeans defend their interests and they don't have the resources to somehow help the Russians or confront the States.</p><p>Another possible reason is simply an attempt to take control over the financial system worldwide. Europe remains a fairly powerful financial bloc, with the policy and decisions of which must be considered even the United States. Moreover, there are several large offshore companies in Europe, through which billions of dollars flow.</p><p>The desire to take control over cash flows is a strategic decision. Moreover, there are versions that the United States purposefully substitutes including the British offshore to lure the capital to itself. These are information leaks, requirements to share data unilaterally, and so on.</p><p>The US is considered the largest offshore company, which practically doesn't provide information to the world, has not joined the automatic exchange of information and still offers anonymous companies. The demand for banking and corporate services in the US grew from non-residents.</p><p>However, the US is not the only direction where Russians and CIS citizens can go, who are asked to leave Latvia, Cyprus or other jurisdictions. First, there are enough independent and verified jurisdictions that can and should be worked with. Secondly, new stars are emerging on the market that attract the attention of entrepreneurs not only from the CIS, but also from all over the world.</p>