Communicate indications of violations within the scope of money laundering supervision (whistleblower system)

Procedure

You can report a violation of the Money Laundering Act in writing and anonymously.

Written procedure:

• You prepare a written report about the potential or actual violation of the Money Laundering Act. Attach evidence if available.
• Important: You can submit your report anonymously in any case. - The next step is to find the responsible office, for example through the service portals of the federal states. The report can be submitted by post, by e-mail (via an e-mail address set up at short notice with immediate deletion) or via a lawyer. Upon receipt, the responsible office will check the reported information.
• If your contact details are available and the competent body has any queries, they can discuss your report with you.
• In the case of an anonymous submission, further processing will take place without contacting you.
• If the information indicates a suspected criminal offense, it will be passed on to the responsible public prosecutor's office or police and followed up there.

Online service:

• Call up the online service in your browser.
• Enter the displayed character string in the text field as part of the security prompt.
• Select the sector to which your report relates from the overview of obligated parties under the Money Laundering Act.
• Enter your report anonymously or by voluntarily providing your contact details. Please always indicate whether the company to which your report relates has its registered office in Bremen or Bremerhaven.
• After completing the report, you will receive a reference number.
• You can also set up an anonymous mailbox to communicate securely with the authorities.
• Queries and the processing status of your notification will be made available in the anonymous mailbox.

Legal bases

• § 53 Absatz 1 Geldwäschegesetz (GwG)

More information

There are several authorities responsible for money laundering supervision in the state of Bremen. Below you will find the responsibilities for each business sector.

The Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation

Supervision in the municipality of Bremen of:

• Financial companies in accordance with Section 2 para. 1 no. 6 GwG
• Insurance brokers in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 8 GwG
• Service providers for companies and trust assets or trustees in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 13 GwG
• Real estate agents in accordance with § 2 Para. 1 No. 14 GwG and
• Goods dealers, art brokers and art warehouse keepers, insofar as the storage takes place in duty-free areas in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 16 GwG

The Magistrate of the City of Bremerhaven
Bürger- und Ordnungsamt/Ordnungsangelegenheiten/Geldwäscheprävention

Supervision in the municipality of Bremerhaven of:

• Financial companies pursuant to Section 2 (1) No. 6 GwG
• Insurance brokers in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 8 GwG
• Service providers for companies and trust assets or trustees in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 13 GwG
• Real estate agents in accordance with § 2 Para. 1 No. 14 GwG and
• Goods dealers, art brokers and art warehouse keepers, insofar as the storage takes place in duty-free areas in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 16 GwG

The Senator for the Interior and Sport

• Supervision of organizers and brokers of games of chance in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 15 GwG

Bremen tax office

• Supervision of income tax assistance associations in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 12 GwG in conjunction with §Section 4 No. 11 StBerG

President of the Regional Court of Bremen

Supervision of:

• Notaries in accordance with Section 2 (1) No. 10 GwG