A bill from the German finance ministry – which had passed the lower legislative house – proposed lowering the "anonymous purchase limit" for #precious metals from €10,000 to €2,000 (about $2,200), a reduction of 80%.
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At the current price, one could buy less than one and one-half troy ounces of gold without activating customer ID paperwork, and for businesses – a criminal background check!
This is an additional decline from the €15,000 mandated just two years ago. Set to become law in early 2020, the effect was immediate, as long lines outside a coin shop in Cologne show.
Some of the world's largest banks – including several in Germany – have long made a habit of laundering literally billions of dollars, euros, and assorted financial instruments from questionable customers.