マネロン疑い取引、過去最多　昨年届け出５８．３万件―警察庁

　マネーロンダリング（資金洗浄）の疑いがあるとして、昨年１年間に金融機関などが届け出た取引は前年比５万３１６７件増の５８万３３１７件で過去最多となったことが２日、警察庁のまとめで分かった。
　金融機関などは犯罪収益移転防止法に基づき、疑わしい取引を所管官庁に届け出ることが義務付けられている。キャッシュレス決済サービスを手掛ける資金移動業者は前年からほぼ倍増の２万２７１件、暗号資産（仮想通貨）交換業者は前年比３０１０件増の１万６５５０件で、いずれも過去最多となったが、届け出の約７割は銀行が占めた。（2023/03/02-10:17）

A record 583,317 suspected money laundering transactions were reported to Japanese authorities in 2022, up 53,167 from the previous year, National Police Agency data showed Thursday.
   The number is a total of cases reported to government organizations by financial institutions and others entities required to make such reporting under the law against transfer of proceeds from crimes.
   Reports by funds transfer service providers, which offer cashless payment services, nearly doubled to a record 20,271 cases, and those by cryptocurrency exchange operators grew by 3,010 to a record 16,550. Still, reports by banks accounted for 70 pct of the total.
   Police made arrests or took other law enforcement action on 994 of the total cases, mostly fraud cases, down by 51 from the previous year. Of them, 130 involved gang groups.