The role of credit institutions in a countering of a money laundering

Currently, in the context of the globalization of the economic space, there is a significant increase in crime. In order to use money as a result of committing illegal activities, criminals have to perform various actions to "launder" them. These actions cause huge damage to the state economy and society, so the primary task of ensuring security is to counteract the legalization of criminal income, the primary subject of which is credit organizations. The article considers the essence of countering the legalization of criminal income, as well as the main principles of this counteraction used in the Russian Federation.