When the EU is accused of doing too little to help Ukraine, its go-to action is adopting a new sanctions package. It is therefore tempting, at the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to ask whether these sanctions are working. But...
Transparency International welcomes the new anti-money laundering directive and regulation, which the Council and the European Parliament announced an agreement on today. The new rules close many of the gaps in the EU’s anti-money laundering...
On 28 March the European Parliament adopted its position on the latest EU anti-money laundering package. This package includes a proposal for a new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (“Regulation regarding AMLA”), a revision of the existing...
The fight against cross-border corruption set back by years In a decision published today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidates a provision of the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive that guaranteed public access to...
The following letter was sent on 22 September 2022 by Transparency International EU and the undersigned organisations. It is available as a pdf here. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security...
The European Parliament has voted by 595 to 12 with 45 abstentions to call for a phase-out of so-called golden passports, and for tighter regulation of so-called golden visas. These are schemes which have been used by kleptocrats, Russian oligarchs...
Joint statement by Transparency International France and Transparency International EU. French version available here In a few weeks, France will take up the presidency of the Council of the European Union. France can give impetus to key EU-level...
Transparency International today called on the European Commission to take immediate action after new research showed that EU Member States are failing to fully implement anti-money laundering legislation that calls for the introduction of public...
The recent revelations by the Organised Crime and Corruption Research Project (OCCRP) on the sale of a Cypriot golden passport to Jho Low, a corrupt Malaysian businessman accused of embezzling billions from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB,...
