Nordea fined in Denmark's first bank money laundering prosecution
By Martin Coyle ( November 9, 2026, 14:07 GMT | Insight) -- Finnish lender Nordea has been fined 155 million Danish kroner ($23.1 million) by Copenhagen’s City Court on Monday in Denmark's first prosecution of a bank for money laundering offenses. The court found the bank failed to properly assess six money transfer companies that had purchased euros from the lender despite the fact that the size of the purchases were suspicious and indicated potential money laundering.Finnish lender Nordea has been fined 155 million Danish kroner ($23.1 million) by Copenhagen’s City Court on Monday in Denmark's first prosecution of a bank for money laundering offenses....
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