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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12108

3 October 2018
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Money laundering
Finance ministers agree to discuss new short-term 'anti-money laundering' measures
Luxembourg, 02/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

There is a majority of member states in favour of the short-term measures tabled by the European Commission in September to step up the fight against money laundering at European level, with several banking scandals highlighting the shortcomings of a system based mainly on the national level (see EUROPE 12094).

“There is a broad common view that there is a need for ongoing reforms”, the Austrian finance minister, Hartwig Löger, observed after the debate.

The legislative proposal on the...

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