On Wednesday 17 January, the EU Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the revised directive (AMLD 6) and the strengthened regulation (AMLR) on combating money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) (see EUROPE B13330A34).
“This agreement will improve the way national systems against money laundering and terrorist financing are organised and work together”, said Vincent Van Peteghem, the Belgian Finance Minister, in a press release. “This will...