I worked for Deutsche Bank for 2 years. Before throwing stones, I knew it was a mistake going in, but I needed a job desperately and I was thinking I will sabo

I worked for Deutsche Bank for 2 years. Before throwing stones, I knew it was a mistake going in, but I needed a job desperately and I was thinking I will sabotage them, from the inside. Imagine my surprise when I realised I don't really need to sabotage them - they're doing it already on their own. Every 6 months we got mandatory AML trainings - watching a couple of videos and answering some fairly basic questions. Every time, the same videos and the same questions - I had colleagues who simply wrote down the correct answers and completed this in 10 minutes. I had colleagues who were actively helping (low level) drug dealers - taking their cash, depositing it their own private accounts and then transferring the funds to some other 3rd party (fairly low amounts, under 10k). BaFin (the German banking supervisory authority) is useless (see Wirecard, Solaris, N26) - I personally made reports about another financial institution - got a boilerplate reply after a year that they'll look into it and nothing since then (this was more than a year ago). I left the banking and fintech world and will never go back (unless I have a real possibility to sabotage them from the inside). The cherry on top: I sold my car to a private individual and they paid me cash. We, of course, did a (ADAC) contract and the next day went to my bank (Postbank, part of DB) to deposit the funds (around 15k). The clerk was on the verge of calling police because I had so much money on me. Even showing her the contract, explaining that I work in DB and I know what the AML regulations are etc made no difference. In the end I had to deposit 9.900 in my account and the rest in my wife's account. (you can't retrieve more than 10k, but there is no restriction on deposits, you just need to show ID)