The European Commission tightened the screws a little more on Thursday 24 January by criticising 10 countries for incomplete transposition of the 4th anti-money laundering directive into their national laws.
It has decided to send a letter of formal notice to Germany and reasoned opinions to Belgium, Finland, France, Lithuania and Portugal. The Commission has also issued supplementary reasoned opinions to Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland and Slovakia.
Member States had until 26 June 2017 to...