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EGBA publishes Guidelines on fighting ML/TF for the European online gambling sector
EGBA has published its first pan-European guidelines to support the online gambling sector’s contribution to Europe’s fight against money laundering. The guidelines reflect the latest technologies and laws and build upon EGBA’s commitment to promote…
BVI, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands, and Russia on EU noncooperative jurisdictions list
The European Council decided to add British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. They have been invited to improve their legal framework and to work towards compliance with international…
MONEYVAL Fifth Round Mutual Evaluation Report on Estonia
MONEYVAL urges Estonia to further strengthen measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, among others by reinforcing the private sector’s capacities and performance as well as improving its law enforcement efforts in this field…
Europol in Brief (Annual Review)
Europol in brief details the progress Europol and its partners have made in fighting crime over the last twelve months. It also outlines the specialised functions and systems that help Europol maintain and improve the effectiveness of its work.
GRECO 5th Evaluation Round Compliance Report on Norway
GRECO recommended that dedicated training on ethics, conflicts of interest and corruption prevention is to be systematically provided to persons entrusted with top executive functions at the start of their term and on a regular basis throughout their term of office…
MEPs adopts new rules to smoothen investigations into financial crime
The new proposal would ensure more effective investigations into illicit finance by making it easier to retrieve data from centralised bank registries created by the 5AMLD. It mandates EU Member States to ensure that the information from centralised registries is available…
EU Commission publishes Fifth Progress Report on the implementation of the EU Security Union Strategy
The report shows that significant steps have been made in strengthening the protection of critical infrastructures from physical, cyber and hybrid attacks, in fighting terrorism and radicalisation, as well as in the fight against organised crime. Information on travellers has helped…
European Council agrees its position on an AML Regulation & AMLD6
The new EU AML/CFT rules will be extended to the entire crypto sector, obliging all crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) to conduct due diligence on their customers. This means that they will have to verify facts and information about their…
EU Council agreed its position on an AML regulation and a new directive (AMLD6)
The Council demands CASPs to apply customer due diligence measures when carrying out transactions amounting to €1000 or more, and adds measures to mitigate risks in relation to transactions with self-hosted wallets…
EU Council adopts position on due diligence rules for large companies
The due diligence directive lays down rules on obligations for large companies regarding actual and potential adverse impacts on human rights and the environment, with respect to their own operations, those of their subsidiaries, and those carried out by their business…
EBA Guidelines on use of remote customer onboarding solutions
These Guidelines set out the steps credit and financial institutions should take to ensure safe and effective remote customer onboarding practices in line with applicable AML/CFT legislation and the EU’s data protection framework…
GRECO 2nd Interim Compliance Report of 4th Evaluation Round on Germany
GRECO has made public its 4th Evaluation Round 2nd Interim Compliance Report on Germany, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 91st Plenary Meeting…