Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

The non-profit sector is inadequately covered in new European risk assessment | SNRA-2, European Commission

On 24 July the European Commission published the second version of its European risk assessment, to be used by ‘obliged entities’ like banks for their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CFT) policies. This second ‘supranational risk assessment’ (SNRA-2) … Lees verder →

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Enhancing access to financial information by law enforcement | EC announcement of 24 July 2019; RDW data breach

Already for some time Europe is working on a centralized system of bank information, in each EU country and in the EU itself. In a recent press release on AML/CFT [*] the European Commission informed the public that the Commission … Lees verder →

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For U.S. Persons there is more than FATCA

In an earlier blogpost I explained the way the United States is ruling over people who do not live in the US nor have the US nationality. These persons in US legislation are called ‘U.S. Persons‘. Recently I discovered that … Lees verder →

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Risk-based Approach for Trust and Company Service Providers | FATF

On 26 June 2019 FATF published the new version of their Risk-based Approach for Trust and Company Service Providers. The announcement is to be found here. Trust and company service providers (TCSPs) in the glossary are described as follows: Trust … Lees verder →

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AML CTF: new measures on access to financial information

In a news article of 14 June 2019, Security Union: The EU strengthens rules on home-made explosives and fight against terrorist financing,  the Council announces new measures on access to financial information. Summary in the article: The new measures for … Lees verder →

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“Setting up a company in the EU to become simple and cheaper” | EC

In a press release of 13 June 2019, “Setting up a company in the EU to become simple and cheaper” , the European Commission announced that EU company law is being updated to reflect the digital age: Setting up a … Lees verder →

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Deception By Design | GDPR

On 30 May 2019 European data protection supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli made a speech to an international information security conference, titled “Deception By Design“. Amongst others he said about the many data breaches: But the suspicion is that this is collateral … Lees verder →

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Egmont Group annual report 2017/2018 | AML

Recently the Egmont Group, the global organisation of 159 Financial Intelligence Units published its annual report 2017/2018. There is a lot that arouses my curiosity, like what “Business Email Compromise Phase II” is. And what is behind “Corporate Vehicles and … Lees verder →

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“CJEU ruling casts doubts on the legality of the proposed e-evidence regulation” | CCBE

In May the Council of Bars & Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) published the article “CJEU ruling casts doubts on the legality of the proposed e-evidence regulation“. Earlier CCBE questioned the legal basis of the e-evidence proposal in its position … Lees verder →

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Workshop Impact of Anti-Money Laundering Legislation and Tax Legislation on Legal Professional Privilege 27 June 2019 | CCBE

In its April/May newsletter, Council of Bars & Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) announced the CCBE Workshop on the Impact of Anti-Money Laundering Legislation and Tax Legislation on Legal Professional Privilege to be held on 27 June in Brussels.

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