Mr. Grishankov made his statement while addressing today's consultations of an ad hoc team that is drafting legislative amendments to build up anti-terror efforts.
"We ought to pay special attention to the point when it comes to money laundering. I have launched a respective legislative initiative, and I think the house will debate it at the autumn session," he said.
On statistics he quoted, nonresidents turned more than $10.5 billion into cash last year in Moscow alone. The MP expects the figure to grow by a half this year.
"I possess information about a national of one of the CIS countries, who turned into cash 605 million dollars within a year. Such instances ought to reach financial intelligence, and set the Foreign Intelligence Service thinking hard," Mr. Grishankov emphatically remarked.
As he sees it, the problem ought to get into the foreground of efforts against money laundering: "breathtaking sums are turning into cash in Moscow alone."
As for his commission activities, it will offer a number of anti-corruption bills to the Duma to debate within its autumn session. The commission has also prepared the United Nations anti-corruption convention to be ratified, said the MP.
