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Swissinfo Ch: Moldovan police are conducting raids to uncover a plot to block Interpol.
Interpol, issues a red notice to global law enforcement for the detention of individuals awaiting extradition, surrender, or similar legal proceedings…
Europol cracks down on money mule service providers laundering over EUR 10m
Europol has supported a large-scale operation led by Italian and Portuguese authorities against two networks of money-mule recruiters working for a criminal organisation carrying out cryptocurrency scams. Law enforcement from Austria, France, Germany, Romania, Spain and Switzerland were also involved in the investigation, as well as Eurojust.
Europol releases podcast on fighting international fugitives
In this episode, Europol and the An Garda Síochána will give you a behind-the-scenes look at how Europol takes action against international fugitives, in this case the Kinahan Cartel – an Irish transnational crime syndicate.
EP and Council of the EU details amendments to Directive (EU) 2019/1937, specifying the mechanisms Member States must implement to prevent the misuse of the financial system for ML or TF
Defines clearer requirements for more effective arrangements for cross-border cooperation and outlines responsibilities of supervisors employed by the Authority for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AMLA).
EU Council adopts regulation on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem, known as the ‘net-zero industry act’
The purpose of the regulation is to strengthen the industrial deployment of the zero emission technologies need to meet the EU climate goals, using the strength of the single market to strengthen the Europe’s leadership in industrial green technologies. This action will help Europe to lead the world in climate change goals and fight against climate change…
Council of the EU publishes regulation for establishing the Authority for AML and CFT
The new authority will pursue a harmonised approach to strengthen the Union’s existing preventive AML/CFT framework and specifically AML/CFT supervision and cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units.
Council of the EU publishes details of new AML package
This new instrument is part of a comprehensive package that aims to strengthen the Union’s AML/CFT framework – forming the legal framework governing the AML/CFT requirements to be met by obliged entities and underpinning the Union’s AML/CFT institutional framework, including the establishment of an Authority for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AMLA).
EBA will start collecting information on natural persons through its AML/CFT database, EuReCA from May 2024
With this step, the EBA will contribute to further strengthening the fight against money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) in the EU. EuReCA contains information on serious AML/CFT deficiencies in individual financial institutions that have been identified by EU supervisors. It also contains information on the measures taken by supervisors to address those deficiencies…
EBA issues a report on ‘virtual IBANs’ (vIBANs), following a comprehensive fact-finding exercise on the issuance and use by payment service providers (PSPs) of (vIBANs)
The key AML/CTF concerns identified include: 1) Insufficient visibility for national competent authorities (NCAs) regarding the extent of vIBAN offerings within their jurisdictions. 2) Differing interpretations of the applicable AML/CFT regulatory framework for cross-border vIBAN services. 3) Limited visibility for counterpart PSPs involved in fund transfers regarding the identity of the end users of vIBANs…
Swiss Federal Council adopts dispatch on strengthening anti-money laundering framework
The aim is to reinforce the integrity and competitiveness of Switzerland as a financial and business location by means of a federal register of beneficial owners and due diligence for particularly risky activities in legal professions, as well as other provisions.
Europol assisted the Spanish National Police in dismantling two criminal groups involved in smuggling hundreds of Chinese nationals through various fraudulent means
Two stages were required for such a complicated investigation: 35 suspects were detained by Spanish law enforcement for allegedly aiding illegal immigration, forging documents, and being members of criminal organizations. Europol offered operational analysis support and on the day of the action, an analyst was sent to Toledo to offer forensic expertise and on-the-spot assistance….
Europol experts shared 70 identification datasets to assist national authorities in child abuse investigations
The goal of the operation was to assist in the identification of the victims and offenders found in over 68 million media files that contained evidence of child sexual abuse that had been taken from various law enforcement agencies and turned over to Europol. In order to concentrate on unresolved cases of child sexual abuse, Europol has been bringing together victim identification specialists from all over the world since 2014…