certain state of mind, while its concrete implementation is in the hands of individuals on the one hand, and the hands of the institutions of law enforcement on the other. Analysis of the implementation of the money laundering prevention system in Switzerland, Germany, France and Croatia will show whether or not such a system is viable and effective in practice, and how the inevitable alignment of national legislations with international standards contributed to it. Table 1. The analysis of suspicious transaction reports by financial institutions (banks) and the non-financial sector in 2009/2010 REPORTING SHARE OF TREND IN SHARE OF NUMBER OF BANKS IN THE THE SUSPICIOUS REPORTED TOTAL TRANSACTION SUSPICIOUS NUMBER OF SECTOR REPORTS TO COUNTRY TRANSACTIONS SUSPICIOUS (lawyers and COMPETENT TRANSACTIONS notary BODIES 2010/2009 publics) 2010 2010 2010/2009 Lawyers 5 Notary 301 publics 23 157 CROATIA 602/629 50% (-) Lawyers 26% (+) 0 Notary publics 2 Lawyers 0 Notary publics 674 13.814 886 FRANCE 19.208/17.310 72% (-) Lawyers 5% (+) 2 Notary publics 370 Lawyers 10 Notary 6.751 publics 4 4.196 GERMANY 11.042/9.046 61% (-) 38% (0) Lawyers 16 Notary publics 5 Lawyers 13 822 1002 SWITZERLAND 1.159/896 71% (+) 86% (-) Lawyers 11
certain state of mind, while its concrete implementation is in the hands of individuals on the one hand, and the hands of the institutions of law enforcement on the other. Analysis of the implementation of the money laundering prevention system in Switzerland, Germany, France and Croatia will show whether or not such a system is viable and effective in practice, and how the inevitable alignment of national legislations with international standards contributed to it. Table 1. The analysis of suspicious transaction reports by financial institutions (banks) and the non-financial sector in 2009/2010 COUNTRY NUMBER OF REPORTED SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS 2010/2009 SHARE OF BANKS IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS 2010 REPORTING TREND IN THE SECTOR (lawyers and notary publics) 2010/2009 SHARE OF SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTS TO COMPETENT BODIES 2010 CROATIA 602/629 301 50% (-) Lawyers 5 Notary publics 23 157 26% (+) Lawyers 0 Notary publics 2 FRANCE 19.208/17.310 13.814 72% (-) Lawyers 0 Notary publics 674 886 5% (+) Lawyers 2 Notary publics 370 GERMANY 11.042/9.046 6.751 61% (-) Lawyers 10 Notary publics 4 4.196 38% (0) Lawyers 16 Notary publics 5 SWITZERLAND 1.159/896 822 71% (+) Lawyers 13 1002 86% (-) Lawyers 11
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