04/10/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 4 October, the MEPs approved, by a large majority (531 votes to 51 and 26 abstentions), the inter-institutional agreement reached in June (see EUROPE 12041) on the draft regulation setting out a mutual recognition mechanism for decisions to freeze and confiscate assets of criminal origin taken by the member states. “Currently, an estimated 98.9% of profits of criminal origin are not confiscated and remain in the hands of criminals”, said...