(ANSA-AFP) - FRANKFURT AM MAIN, SEP 20 - German lawmakers
will Monday quiz Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, the frontrunner
in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, over an
investigation into an anti-money laundering agency overseen by
his ministry. Scholz's appearance before the German parliament's
finance committee comes less than a week before Germans go to
the polls in national elections on September 26. MPs from
opposition parties will have the opportunity to ask Scholz
questions via video link after the finance and justice
ministries were raided by prosecutors on September 9 as part of
a probe into the Cologne-based Financial Intelligence Unit
(FIU). The body, part of Germany's customs authority tasked with
tackling money laundering, is suspected of failing to report
potential wrongdoing to the relevant authorities. (ANSA-AFP).
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