Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

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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European Commission announces new list of high-risk countries

On 7 May the European Commission announced it has revised the list of high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their regime regarding anti-money laundering (AML) and countering terrorist financing (CTF). Countries which have been listed are: The Bahamas, Barbados, … Lees verder →

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Egmont Group and the World Customs Organization publish AML-CFT handbook

In an article of 27 March 2020 the Egmont Group, the worldwide group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), announced a AML-CFT handbook it has created together with the World Customs Organization (WCO). There is a public version of the handbook … Lees verder →

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Commission bows for the US | FATCA in the European Parliament

Yesterday the European Commission answered questions by Parliament regarding FATCA-implementation in the EU. In the answer the European Commission turns a blind eye to the problems of Accidental Americans. According to the Commission there is no evidence the bilateral FATCA-agreements … Lees verder →

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The US answer to the European FATCA-letter of December 2019

On 12 March 2020 a representant of the US Department of the Treasury wrote a letter regarding FATCA to the European Union, read it here (pdf). It’s a reply to a European letter written in December, see my post of … Lees verder →

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Cooperation between national tax authorities on exchanging information to prevent tax fraud and evasion

The European Commission announced an European consultation, that had as subject Tax fraud and evasion – better cooperation between national tax authorities on exchanging information and mainly focuses on new business models such as the digital economy. This public consultation … Lees verder →

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AML/CFT sources

When you are looking where anti-money laundering (AML) and anti terrorist financing (CFT) come from, a list is to be found on the site of the Council of Europe. Under the title “AML/CFT” standards a list of sources is to … Lees verder →

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