In a report published on Thursday 29 October, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body, MONEYVAL, urges the Slovak authorities to systematically track down the funds generated by organised crime. Money laundering and its link to terrorist financing give rise to domestic risks of which Slovakia has not sufficiently taken the measure, experts warn.
The number of convictions for money laundering has risen, they note, but it only concerns simple property offences such as car theft,...