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Europol has designated three leaders of the Kinahan Cartel as high value targets, with the US DoS offering a reward for their arrest
Global operation is needed to locate dangerous fugitives, as they are interconnected and collaborate globally requiring arrest of key facilitators or leaders to disrupt multiple criminal operations…
Europol addresses the crackdown on money mule service providers which has resulted in the ML of over 10m euros
The investigation reveals a crime group targeting millionaires for rip-deal scams, outsourcing money laundering to two other networks, who recruited money mules for commission-based transactions. The scammers, lacking technical expertise, delegated criminal processes to external service providers, increasing their threat as they could be met by other criminal actors through financial exchange…
MoneyVal addresses Bulgaria has enhanced its preventive framework to combat ML and terrorism financing
The country has complied with ten FATF Recommendations, including national cooperation, politically exposed persons, money transfer services, internal controls and CDD. Moneyval add resses that Bulgaria has taken numerous steps to strengthen its AML/CFT…
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…