The New Anti-money Laundering Law: First Perspectives On The 4th European Union Directive
by Domenico Siclari /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book introduces and contextualizes the revised and
strengthened legislation on the laundering of criminal funds
mandated by the European Union on the 20
This book introduces and contextualizes the revised and
strengthened legislation on the laundering of criminal funds
mandated by the European Union on the 20th
th May 2015.
The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU’s fourth
directive 2015/849, with a specific focus on topics such as:
beneficial ownership and effective transparency, the risk-based
approach, the issue of supervision of payment institutions that
operate across borders by agents, the new method of risk
assessment, tax crimes inclusion in “criminal activity”
definition, and the effects of new rules on the gambling sector.
The authors present the new laws in the context of their legal
genealogy and demonstrate the benefits they bring in raising the
standards for anti-money laundering regulation and
counter-terrorism financing.
May 2015.
The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU’s fourth
directive 2015/849, with a specific focus on topics such as:
beneficial ownership and effective transparency, the risk-based
approach, the issue of supervision of payment institutions that
operate across borders by agents, the new method of risk
assessment, tax crimes inclusion in “criminal activity”
definition, and the effects of new rules on the gambling sector.
The authors present the new laws in the context of their legal
genealogy and demonstrate the benefits they bring in raising the
standards for anti-money laundering regulation and
counter-terrorism financing.
The book’s comprehensive exploration of this new legislation will
appeal to policy-makers, students and academics hoping to
understand the changes more clearly.
The book’s comprehensive exploration of this new legislation will
appeal to policy-makers, students and academics hoping to
understand the changes more clearly.
