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Lithuania seeks to legalize casino registration. If approved by the Seimas of the project, going to the casino will bring a passport and to provide basic personal information. The adoption of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) the proposed Anti-Money Laundering Act amendments, all casino visitors personal data - name, name, residence and personal identification number - to record gambling houses in the database.

On Friday, the issue was discussed in Parliament, National Security and Defense Committee meeting. However, the fight in hot debate, final conclusions neprieita.

FCIS designated to move the European Union (ES) Directive on money laundering provisions of the Lithuanian legal framework. That Directive states: "Member States shall require, to identify and verify all casino, purchasing or gambling chips for iškeičiančių 2 tūkst. EUR (6,9 t�thousandLTL) or more, Identity. "This provision - the most important, However, the prediction and prevention of other methods.

In essence, money laundering gambling houses can be implemented in two ways. First - people are registered, performing operations for more than 2 tūkst. EUR (6,9 t�thousandLTL). The second - a registered non-financial transactions, and data traffic in the casino.

FCIS Lithuania intends to register all users of data. In addition, to be registered and each person, a simultaneous change in cash in the chips (or vice versa) for 5 thousand. million and more.

Stormy disputes

FCIS says, that is aimed at preventing money laundering. But entrepreneurs do not want to hear anything about the allegations, the casino is money laundering, and claims, that the introduction of registration of visitors, are undermining their business.

Lithuania gambling operators association offers registration only to those, carrying out large-scale financial transactions (for more than 6,9 thousand. LTL). Entrepreneurs can also offer all visitors to check the identity of. However, their data should be transcribed and processed.

"Useless to anyone offering FCIS, but such measures do not officials, than gambling operators will fail to achieve the alleged money-laundering prevention Casino. Be to, than one EU country is not subject to the double registration of customers', - A committee hearing the Olympic Casino's CEO Saul Petravicius.

In his words, approval of proposals FCIS, gaming operator užgriūtų huge burden. Mat should be recorded and the customers, who visited the casino in bars or restaurants. "All gambling operators in the data themselves would be to collect and store. This requires additional investment ", - Said S. Petravicius.

Be to, casino executives fear, that the mandatory registration of all visitors to deter many customers. "Daugiau in 60 percent. Visitors to the casino gaming tables, put up 100 LTL. They do not come to play, and to have fun and spend time ", - Tikino "Casino Tornado" direktorius Aleksandras bangs.

Defend positions

FCIS replies, that the European Commission Directives necessary to carry out, and Lithuania, as a member of the EU, can not be an exception. According to officials of the, more stringent laws, better.

"The Directive itself provides two options, but allows the state to impose more stringent requirements. Be to, One instrument - not as effective as both together. Examples of money laundering, we have ", - The need for dual registration committee meeting argued FCIS Law and Human Resources Deputy Chief Renaldas Žekonis.

He made only one of the simplest models of money laundering: man, receives money from criminal activities, may come to the casinos with the company, to distribute the money to confederate, others that they are converted into tokens. Later the same person can collect tokens, submit them to win cash and cash.