MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin spoke to Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, asking for help in the investigation into money laundering cases involving Russian citizens.
Colvin spoke at a meeting of the heads of special and security services and law enforcement in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.
The Australian commissioner said the country's authorities were conducting a probe into several Russian businessmen who had investments in Australia. The funds are suspected of having been obtained illegally. Colvin added that a request had been sent to the Russian authorities in order to receive assistance in the investigation.
Kolokoltsev said the Russian law enforcement was ready to provide help.
