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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11693

21 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 40
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Money laundering
Council ready to negotiate anti-money laundering directive with European Parliament
Brussels, 20/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 20 December, the Council agreed upon a general approach to the revision of the fourth anti-money laundering directive.  The aim of this revision was twofold.  Firstly, to put a stranglehold on the financial resources of terrorist groups, in response to the attacks which hit Paris, amongst other targets.

On this point, the threshold to identify holders of prepaid cards has been reduced from €250 to €150.  The required checks on holders of these cards have also been...

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