The newly created Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) is looking for a Chair. It’s a big ask. Will this new institution be led by a true champion committed to stopping dirty money from finding its way into the EU single market, or by someone...
If you want to fight financial and organised crime, you have to be able to stop criminals, kleptocrats and other corrupt individuals from using the proceeds of their crimes. The EU has just stepped up its fight against money laundering, with the...
Transparency International EU (TI EU) welcomes the European Parliament’s vote for a motion for a resolution to object to a Commission regulation that would have removed the UAE and other countries from the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML)...
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...
