Revision of the Anti-money-laundering Directive
At a Glance
11-04-2018
The current EU regulatory framework for financial crime –composed of Directive (EU) 2015/849, and Regulation (EU) 2015/847– faces the challenge of keeping pace with technological innovation in financial services, which can create new opportunities to conceal financing, as well as the potential exploitation by criminals of loopholes in the system. Following approval in committee in January, the report is due to be voted in plenary in April.
At a Glance
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- bank deposit
- banking system
- criminal law
- economic geography
- economic offence
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- electronic banking
- electronic money
- EP Committee
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU Member State
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- exchange of information
- fight against crime
- FINANCE
- financial institutions and credit
- financial transaction
- free movement of capital
- GEOGRAPHY
- information and information processing
- LAW
- monetary economics
- money laundering
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- proposal (EU)
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- tax avoidance
- tax evasion
- taxation
- terrorism