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EU Commission announces new rules to combat fraud on cross-border payments in the EU in force from 1 Jan

The new rules will provide tax administration of the EU Member States with payment information allowing them to detect VAT fraud more easily, with a particular focus on e-commerce which is particularly prone to VAT non-compliance and fraud. This in turn creates holes in the tax revenues that pay for vital public services.

Europol supports operation in Lithuania targeting criminals responsible for stealing 28 luxury cars

In order to unravel the network’s structure and identify its members, the Operational Task Force (OTF) ‘KEYLESS’ was set up earlier this year. With the aim of further strengthening and optimising international cooperation, the participants in the OTF analysed hundreds of thousands of encrypted chats and took measures to track down gang members in Lithuania. In addition, the OTF identified crime enablers such as counterfeiters and business infrastructure operating as counterfeit workshops.

Council and Parliament agree on the procedure to select seats for the new EU AML Authority

The Council of the EU announced a consensus on selecting the headquarters for the new European authority against ML/TF, with an agreement to hold joint public hearings for Member States’ representatives to present their bids…

Europol publishes fifth edition of the annual review of online jihadist propaganda

Report analyses the major trends and developments in the propaganda of the most prominent Sunni jihadist organisations – the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda (AQ) – as well as their branches and offshoots.

Danish Gambling Authority calls on the gambling industry to provide input to the Money Laundering Secretariat’s indicators for money laundering and terrorist financing on GoAML.

When making a notification via GoAML, indicators must be selected. The indicators are an aid to those subject to notification and to the Money Laundering Secretariat, so that potential money laundering and terrorist financing can be better identified.

Europe reaches a deal on comprehensive rules for trustworthy AI

This regulation aims to ensure that fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability are protected from high risk AI, while boosting innovation and making Europe a leader in the field. The rules establish obligations for AI based…

European Parliament and Council reach deal on the EU’s money-laundering watchdog AMLA

Under the the deal, AMLA would supervise the EU’s new rulebook on combatting dirty money flows and would be charged with directly supervising the most risky financial entities.

European Commission publishes Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) of 12.12.2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 as regards the deletion of the Cayman Islands and Jordan from the table in point I of the Annex.

The assessment of the available information leads it to conclude that the Cayman Islands and Jordan no longer have strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regimes. It is therefore appropriate to delete the Cayman Islands and Jordan from the table in point…

EU Commission welcomes the political agreement on rules strengthening asset recovery and confiscation in the European Union

The proposed rules will also cover the violation of restrictive measures, ensuring the effective tracing, freezing, management and confiscation of benefits coming from violating sanctions.

Europol supported an international drug-trafficking operation that led to the arrest of 14 members of an Italian criminal network in Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain

The suspects produced cocaine in clandestine laboratories and smuggled it across Europe. The suspects cooperated with an international organised criminal group and allegedly perpetrated criminal activities in the EU, posing a high risk to the public across several…

EBA issues guidance to AML/CFT supervisors of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs)

Amendments include guidance on the sources of information competent authorities should consider when assessing ML/TF risks associated with CASPs and highlight the importance of a consistent approach in setting supervisory expectations, where multiple competent authorities are responsible for the supervision of the same institutions.

EBA consults on new Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes

These ‘travel rule’ Guidelines specify the steps that Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Intermediary PSPs (IPSPs), crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) and Intermediary CASPs (ICASPs) should take to detect missing or incomplete information that accompanies a transfer of funds or crypto-assets.