Q13
Single choice
An audit completed the previous week revealed that a private banking customer submitted incomplete documents when establishing an account earlier in the year. The customer received weekly electronic fund transfers from a narcotic-producing jurisdiction.
While the Relationship Manager who opened the account is on leave for 5 weeks, the customer requests that the institution remit a substantial sum to a country that represents a high risk of money laundering.
The Relationship Manager is a friend of the anti-money laundering specialist.
Which of the following should the anti-money laundering officer do first?