Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Council announces agreement on AML Package | AML, CFT

Yesterday the EU Council announced it has reached agreement on the AML Package. Will Europe respect fundamental rights of EU citizens in its efforts to fight crime? The Council’s press release: Council of the EU Press release – 7 December … Lees verder

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European ‘enabler’ bias in a consultation by the European Commission | tax advice, CCBE

Currently it is common nationally and internationally to portray all lawyers as ‘enablers’ of crime. The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in its newsletter of October/November objected to that qualification: However, the CCBE strongly opposes the … Lees verder

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Status AML Package

According to Progress on financial services legislative files of 29 November the status of the AML Package is as follows:   It is worrying that discussions on these proposals that have such significant implications for citizens’ fundamental rights are taking … Lees verder

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EDPB’s letters to the Accidental Americans Association and Sophie In’t Veld | FATCA

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on 25 November published its letters to the Association of Accidental Americans (AAA) and to MEP In’t Veld on the intergovernmental agreements (‘IGAs’) implementing the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). EDPB writes … Lees verder

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Digital fundamental rights of the EU: theory and practice

The Council of the EU submitted a ‘Declaration on digital rights and principles: EU values and citizens at the centre of digital transformation‘ (press release). Friendly words are spoken, but do they address the concerns of citizens, who see crime … Lees verder

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ECJ judgment: “the provision whereby the information on the beneficial ownership of companies incorporated within the territory of the Member States is accessible in all cases to any member of the general public is invalid”

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today announced its judgment regarding the registers of beneficial owners: #ECJ: #AntiMoneyLaundering directive – the provision whereby the information on the beneficial ownership of companies incorporated within the territory of the Member States is … Lees verder

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Virtual launch of the book on the Whole-of-Government Approach on AML/CFT – 28 November

The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law announced in its newsletter that the virtual launch of the book Taxing Crime: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering and Tax Crimes (see my previous post) will take place on … Lees verder

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Stiftung Neue Verantwortung: disproportionate use of commercially and publicly available data: Europe’s next frontier for intelligence reform?

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung published a study on the ‘Disproportionate use of commercially and publicly available data: Europe’s next frontier for intelligence reform?‘, read the announcement. The summary: Intelligence services across Europe are increasingly processing commercially available data as well as … Lees verder

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Judgment ECJ on 22 November 2022 in Luxemburg cases on the register of beneficial owners

The Court of Justice of the European Union today officially announced that on 22 November the judgment regarding the Luxemburg cases in regard of the register of beneficial owners (cases C-37/20,C-601/20) will be made public:   #ECJHighlights ⚖️22/11(J):#AntiMoneyLaundering directive–information on … Lees verder

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ECJ: general and undifferentiated retention of traffic and location data is prohibited | Case C-350/21 Spetsializirana prokuratura

Yesterday the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in a Bulgarian case regarding general and undifferentiated retention of traffic data and location data by providers of electronic communications services was made public. Machine translation of the … Lees verder

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