Danske Money Laundering Scandal Is ‘Tip of Iceberg’, Whistleblower’s Lawyer Says

Danske Money Laundering Scandal Is ‘Tip of Iceberg’, Whistleblower’s Lawyer Says
The Danske Bank building in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 27, 2018. Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo/Reuters
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LONDON—Danske Bank’s 200 billion euro ($225 billion) money laundering scandal might be the “tip of the iceberg” and investigators should examine whether major Western banks played a role, a lawyer for the whistleblower said.

Stephen Kohn, a partner at U.S. law firm Kohn, Kohn, and Colapinto who is representing Danske whistleblower Howard Wilkinson, told Reuters that Danske may be only a bit player in a scheme to move wealth from countries like Russia to the West.