Wise Europe under investigation in Belgium for EUR 500 million in suspicious transactions
Brussels prosecutor investigates Wise's European subsidiary for alleged anti-money laundering violations, with reports from 30 countries on related criminal activities
The Belgian judiciary is conducting a money laundering investigation involving Wise Europe, the continental subsidiary of the British international payments giant.
The file concerns more than half a billion euro in suspicious transactions, report Le Soir, De Standaard and the European media of the European Investigative Collaborations (Eic) network.
The Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed that it had opened a judicial investigation against the company in 2025.
Wise Europe (formerly TransferWise) would appear in hundreds of criminal files that came to Belgium through international mutual legal assistance requests.
The Belgian judiciary, which is about to conclude its investigation, accused the company of possible failures to comply with anti-money laundering obligations.
