Slovenian NLB Bank laundered money for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck?

Slovenia's money-laundering office has opened an investigation into claims by opposition parties that the country's biggest state-owned bank, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), may have laundered nearly €1bn from Iran between 2008 and 2010, breaking an international embargo and failing to enforce rules on the financing of terrorism.

Slovenian media reported in July that 40-50 transactions took place every day from NLB bank to more than 30,000 accounts around the world, including some clearly held in fake names, such as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, Euractiv.com reports. The allegations were not further elaborated until the opposition reopened the case last week.

NLB has not replied to EURACTIV's questions.

Contacted by EURACTIV, the Slovenian government confirmed that "in the case mentioned, the Office for Money Laundering Prevention (OMLP) has received a suspicious...