KIEV, July 17 - Workers from Kiev department on fighting organized crime have stopped the activities of a large money laundering center, which served shadow firms from several Ukrainian regions for almost four years, the media relation center of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's main department in Kiev reported on Tuesday.

The center said that the criminal group consisted of over ten individuals, including officials from several large Ukrainian banks. The bankers were part of an operational system of banks used to disguise illegal money transfers in the country and abroad. They also provided cashless transfers, the conversion of money into cash, and the falsification of bank documents, including checks, plastic cards, and bank bills.