Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Today is Global Encryption Day 2024

The Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) announces the Global Encryption Day 2024 that takes place today. The members of GEC are found here and include Bits of Freedom from the Netherlands. There are several online events today. The Global Encryption Day … Lees verder

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EBA’s Work Programme for 2025 | DORA, AML Package

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Work Programme for 2025 (announcement, programme). The EBA will lose certain AML/CFT powers to the new Authority for Countering Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) and will start with supervision under the … Lees verder

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Privacy International: tech companies expand their dominance by investing in connectivity infrastructure

In the article Decoding vertical tech integrations: why do they matter? Privacy International explains how big tech is expanding their dominance: From the Amazon rainforests to subsaharan Africa, tech companies seek to expand their dominance by investing in connectivity infrastructure. … Lees verder

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Guinea-Bissau as testing ground for financial surveillance | IMF

In the article Guinea-Bissau is Using Blockchain to Boost Fiscal Transparency IMF reports that the country as part of an IMF program in May 2024 launched a blockchain platform. The government was assisted by Big 4 accounting firm EY, that … Lees verder

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Why the Travel Rule Violates Fundamental Rights (for 20+ years already)

Simon Lelieveldt (Human Rights in Finance.EU) published on Medium his article Why the Travel Rule Violates Fundamental Rights (for 20+ years already). In the article he explains the ‘travel rule’ that is prescribed by global anti-crime regulator FATF, that will … Lees verder

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European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi requests improvement of EPPO’s position

From the speech by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi: I am asking for a stronger analytical capacity at EPPO, combined with a much bigger analytical power and responsibility at Europol, as well as dedicated and specialized investigators for EPPO cases … Lees verder

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Meijers Committee opposes European proposals that allow criminalisation of human aid

The Meijers Committe announced its Comment on the EU’s Facilitators Package [*] and writes: “the Meijers Committee raises serious concerns and urges the EU legislator to reform the proposal in order to prevent the criminalisation of humanitarian aid workers“. The … Lees verder

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Launch of the European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN)

Eurojust announced the launch of the European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN), hosted at Eurojust. On eucrim this article on the new network was published.

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Suspicionless algorithmic surveillance on the entire public prompts criticism from privacy organisations in the UK

Big Brother Watch announces that it has spearheaded a joint letter to the UK secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to scrap plans to spy on all of British bank accounts [*] on the premise of detecting welfare fraud … Lees verder

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The ‘transparency’ movement as facilitator of crime and dictatorial regimes | AML, CFT

The proponents of ‘transparency’ claim that it can be used to fight crime and think that invoking privacy indicates criminal intent, because ‘you have nothing to hide’, don’t you? An example of such transparency is the public accessibility of the … Lees verder

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