Members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) discussed on Monday 15 October the draft report prepared by Emil Radev (EPP, Bulgaria) on new rules to facilitate the use of financial information for the prevention and detection of criminal offences (see EUROPE 12003).
As a reminder, the proposed Directive provides for direct access by law enforcement authorities and asset recovery offices to bank information contained in centralised national...