Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

EU consultation on EU rules on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in AML/CFT

The European Commission started an internet consultation on EU rules on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the area of the prevention of money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing (CFT). The subject of the consultation is described as follows: The objective of … Lees verder →

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Not-for-profit organisations and civic society threatened by governments | ECNL

Recent articles by the European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL) show  the threats to not-for-profit organisations and civic society caused by legislation intended to combat crime (including anti-money laundering, ‘AML’, and combatting terrorist financing, ‘CFT): Moneyval should open up formalised … Lees verder →

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Transparency of donors in the Netherlands | ECNL, AML / CFT

Legislative intentions regarding transparency of donors to not-for-profit organizations has caught the attention of the European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL). On 29 June ECNL published the article New proposed changes to the Dutch Transparency Act, an update on the … Lees verder →

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Preparations for a European asset registry have started | AML, CFT

The Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) has opened a European tender regarding  a European asset registry in addition to all registers there are in Europe, like the land registers (in the Netherlands: kadaster). … Lees verder →

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Should Overseas Americans Be Required to Buy Their Freedom? | FATCA

If you are looking for information on the difficult position of the FATCA-victims, read ‘Should Overseas Americans Be Required to Buy Their Freedom?‘ by Laura Snyder, Karen Alpert, and John Richardson, published in TaxNotes and also to be found on … Lees verder →

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The ‘facilitator’ frame has reached the offices of the OECD | AML, CFT

In marketing of the concepts of anti-money laundering (AML) and countering terrorist financing (CFT) governmental agencies and political journalist use interesting types of framing. The facilitator-frame Financial and legal service providers, like lawyers and auditors, are framed by governmental authorities … Lees verder →

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New AML-proposals European Commission show little originality

As expected the European Commission is continuing on the unoriginal path it is walking in regard of anti-money laundering (AML) and countering terrorist financing (CFT). It keeps believing in the highly inefficient one-size-fits-all systems, that cause a heavy burden for … Lees verder →

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“Artificial Intelligence in policing: safeguards needed against mass surveillance”

LIBE, a committee of the European Parliament published an article ‘Artificial Intelligence in policing: safeguards needed against mass surveillance“. Amongst others the committee writes: The use of Artificial Intelligence in law enforcement and the judiciary should be subject to strong … Lees verder →

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Drafts for AMLR and AMLD6: the compliance burden will increase and the surveillance society is on the way | AML

The drafts of the European Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, Regulation (AMLR) and the new Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD6) are circulating. If these drafts will turn into final texts, they will create major changes in European anti-money laundering (‘AML’) legislation and will … Lees verder →

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The Accidental American Song

Paris-based Carlton Moody on YouTube sings The Accidental American Song in country & western style:

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