On the evening of Monday 11 December, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee reached its position on the draft directive to tackle money laundering under criminal law, by adopting the report prepared by Ignazio Corrao (EFDD, Italy).
It should be recalled that the Commission presented this proposal in 2016 as part of the broader legislative package to fight the financing of terrorism and other forms of organised-crime (see EUROPE 11694). The proposed directive sets out a range...