Slovenia rocked by Iran-related money laundering scandal Borut Pahor served as the Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2008 to February 2012 30 requests to different state authorities and obliged entities as well as requests to over 30 foreign Financial Intelligence Units”. “On the basis of data received and assessed the OMLP established in this case grounds to suspect money laundering under Article 245 of the Slovenian Criminal Code and also some grounds to suspect terrorist financing under Article 109 of the Slovenian Criminal Code, of which the OMLP has informed the competent authorities,” the finance ministry added. Iranian connection The scandal centres around Iranian and British citizen Iraj Farrokhzadeh, who opened accounts at the bank in December 2008 for the company Farrokh Ltd., after authorities in Switzerland shut down his accounts at UBS. Farrokhzadeh is thought to have moved money for Iran’s Export Development Bank (EDBI), which was bl...