“Such measures also foster a more business friendly setting and facilitate legitimate investments and financial flows,” the President said at the function which was also attended by Revenue Secretary Rajeev Takru.
The President said India too has put in place a strong Anti Money Laundering legislation, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to counter the menace.
“I also had the privilege of introducing in Parliament the Amendment Bill 2011 of the PMLA, through which, our nation strengthened the money laundering legislation, in line with the Recommendations of FATF,” Mukherjee said while recalling his days as the Union Finance Minister.
He drew attention about the presence of Affentranger and said it underlines the growing bilateral cooperation on law enforcement matters between Switzerland and India, as also the partnership between the counterpart agencies.
“Money laundering is a global menace, and law enforcement agencies of all countries have to cooperate to fight it,” he said.
India has been pressing Switzerland to give details of some Indians having money in the banks in that country but the Swiss authorities maintain they would be furnishing details of cases only after 2012 when Direct Tax Avoidance Treaty came into effect.
