Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Europe discusses money laundering and forgets about human rights

On Wednesday 8 July the European Parliament will discuss the Commission’s Action Plan on how to “fight effectively against money laundering and terrorist financing” and will vote on a resolution on Friday 10 July. It is very worrying that on … Lees verder

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Cross-border exchange of information between governments

Today an opinion by the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union was published, having the cross-border exchange of tax information as a subject. In times that governments are increasingly exchanging information regarding citizens, this opinion … Lees verder

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The Magnitsky propaganda war

Magnitsky is a man that the Americans named an act after, the Magnitsky Act. Is he an anti-fraud hero or was he part of a tax fraud clan? If you watch this documentary on someone making a film on the … Lees verder

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European Commission opinion on asset freezing

On 19 June the European Commission announced it has adopted an opinion on financial sanctions: EU sanctions: Commission adopts opinion to clarify the application of financial sanctions As part of its role to ensure the effective and uniform implementation of … Lees verder

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ARACHNE and risk scoring in the EU | AML, CFT

Data protection and crime fighting in Europe are separate worlds. This is shown by a recent EUObserver article, EU to propose mandatory data-mining tool against fraud. This is an article on software called ‘ARACHNE‘ that is already in use. The … Lees verder

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Consultation by the European Bank Authority on de-risking by financial institutions

Currently it is a common practice of Dutch banks to refuse certain groups of companies or organisations, claiming that these groups have a risk profile that is ‘too high’ for the risk appetite of the bank. The clients are not … Lees verder

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Artificial Intelligence in law | CCBE comments on a white paper by the European Commission

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) responded to a white paper by the European Commission on artificial intelligence (AI) that was consulted. The organisation is concerned that questionnaire of the Commission has not been tailored to … Lees verder

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Unger report for ECON | blacklisting of countries, data analytics against crime (letterboxes) and AMLR | AML, CFT

On request of a committee of the European Parliament, the committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), professor Unger has written a study ‘Improving Anti-Money Laundering Policy‘. Ms. Unger is professor of Public Sector Economics at Utrecht School of Economics … Lees verder

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European dataprotection and FATCA

The FATCA-victims of the United States also live in the UK. The British lawyer of one of these FATCA-victims, Mr. Filippo Noseda, published on the firm website correspondence on FATCA, and on the data security risks posed by the systems … Lees verder

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Is a disaster necessary to stop the European AML-CFT tanker? | Action Plan AML-CFT

The European Commission has published an Action Plan setting out concrete measures that the Commission wants to take over the next 12 months to better enforce, supervise and coordinate the EU’s rules on combating money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing … Lees verder

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