Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

AML breakfast with Giegold

One of the members of the European Parliament responsible for European anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, is Sven Giegold of the Greens/EFA. Those interested in what Europe is brooding on, like an Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, can go to a breakfast event … Lees verder

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How digital financial services can prey upon the poor

In the article How digital financial services can prey upon the poor [*], the author explains that data of poor people can be used to exploit as well as help them. The most obvious way digital financial services harm poor … Lees verder

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Dehumanisation of mankind, starting with corporations | Jaap Winter

Jaap de Winter wrote an interesting article on dehumanisation of the large corporation, supported by digitalisation, “Modern digital technologies, considering people only as bundles of data that can be exploited, increase dehumanisation“. What he describes is also coming to the … Lees verder

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Newest scandal UK-EU | UK not alerting the EU and stealing data

It looks as if the UK is an unreliable partner of the EU. This is already the case before Brexit, so what wil happen after… The most recent scandal was revealed on 14 January by The Guardian: Revealed: UK concealed … Lees verder

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FIDE congress on enforcement of EU Law, data protection and EU competition law in the digital economy

In May of this year the biannual congress of the International Federation of European Law (FIDE) is held in the Netherlands. Topics of the congress: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law – the pivotal role of national courts … Lees verder

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Report on the place of the European Convention on Human Rights in the European and international legal order

Recently the Report on the place of the European Convention on Human Rights in the European and international legal order on Human Rights  was made public. It was adopted by the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) of the Council … Lees verder

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European FATCA-letter to the US does not solve problems for Accidental Americans

On 11 December 2019  a letter regarding FATCA in the EU was sent by the Council of the EU to the US Treasury. This letter includes text on the ‘Accidental Americans’, people who only through FATCA discovered they are ‘US … Lees verder

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Commission is requested to consider AMLR | conclusions ECOFIN

On 5 December the press release regarding the latest ECOFIN meeting was published. The conclusions point to significant recent enhancements to the AML regulatory framework. The implementation of the 5th revision of the AML directive, adopted in May 2018, the … Lees verder

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AMLR is coming | European AML-plans

Anti-money laundering is on the agenda of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) of 5 December 2019: Conclusions on strategic priorities on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism > +/- 12.10 webcast In a press release the … Lees verder

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The four EU commissioners responsible for AML | EPRS briefing

The briefing (pdf) of 22 November 2019 by EPRS on the proposed new European commissioners shows that four propesed commissioners will be responsible for AML: One of the priorities of Valdis Dombrovskis will be strenghtening the anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing supervisory … Lees verder

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