If you have information about a violation of the Money Laundering Act, you can report this anonymously to the relevant authority.
If you have information about potential or actual violations of the Money Laundering Act, such as tax evasion, you can report this anonymously to the relevant supervisory authority. Your information makes a valuable contribution to combating money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Money laundering makes it possible to introduce illegally acquired assets into the legal economic cycle and thus avoid the access of law enforcement authorities.
You can submit reports of such potential or actual violations informally in writing or digitally.
You can submit a written report of a potential violation or actual violation
by post, via a short-term email address with immediate deletion or through a lawyer.
In Hamburg, there are several authorities responsible for money laundering supervision. The table below lists the different responsibilities for each business sector.
You can find the supervisory authority responsible for your report, for example, via the service portals of the federal states: Use an industry search to select the supervisory authority responsible, which will be determined automatically.
After completing your report, you will receive a reference number and the option
to communicate securely with the authorities via an anonymous mailbox.
When submitting reports, you are not obliged to provide any personal information. Reports can also be made anonymously.
The processing time is not relevant for you as the whistleblower, because no results are communicated.
Please note: A report via the anonymous whistleblower system is not the same as a suspicious activity report, which you are obliged to send to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at Customs. If you are required to report a suspicion under the Money Laundering Act, you must do so directly to the FIU.
Responsibilities depending on the company sector:
tax authority:
Authority for Justice and Consumer Protection:
Department of the Interior and Sport:
Authority for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture:
Authority for Business and Innovation:
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You may submit a report of a potential or actual violation in writing or online.
Written procedure:
Submit a written report regarding a potential or actual violation of the Money Laundering Act.
If available, attach relevant evidence or proof.
Submit the report to the relevant supervisory authority anonymously.
Once received, the responsible supervisory authority will examine the information.
If contact details are available, the authority can ask further questions.
If the report is anonymous, processing will continue without consultation.
If there is evidence of a crime, it will be forwarded to the relevant public prosecutor or police.
Online procedure:
Register for the relevant online service.
Select the responsible supervisory authority via an industry search.
Submit your report anonymously or by voluntarily providing your contact details.
You have the option to upload evidence and proof.
Once the report has been completed, you will receive a reference number.
In addition, you can set up an anonymous mailbox to communicate securely with the authorities.
In the anonymous mailbox, queries and the processing status of your report are provided.
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§ 53 Paragraph 1 of the Money Laundering Act (GwG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gwg_2017/__53.html
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Last updated: 16.01.2025