AMLC receives bank secrecy waivers signed by Trillanes

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has confirmed receipt of the bank secrecy waivers signed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

Trillanes’ office provided members of the media a copy of the letter sent by AMLC Executive Director Mel Georgie Racela to the senator on Wednesday.

“Said sworn waiver of secrecy of bank deposits authorizes the Office of the Ombudsman and the Anti-Money Laundering Council to open and look into the supposed bank accounts (including closed accounts if any) allegedly under the senator’s name, and specifying 12 different bank accounts from various banks, branches and countries,” Racela said.

“The Senator further waives any and all rights to the secrecy and/or confidentiality of the above-mentioned bank accounts under RA No. 1405 (Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits) and/or RA No. 6426 (Foreign Currency Deposit Act of the Philippines) or any other laws in the jurisdiction where said accounts are located to this effect in favor of the Office of the Ombudsman and AMLC,” he added.

Trillanes submitted 12 bank secrecy waivers on Monday, covering all alleged offshore accounts he supposedly owns.

In the waiver, Trillanes stated that he submitted such document to “debunk the false allegations being circulated” that he owns “secret bank accounts with various offshore banks.”

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier accused Trillanes of having offshore accounts in Hong Kong, Australia, America, and Malaysia. —KG, GMA News