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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8053

22 September 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/money laundering
Mr Lehne accuses Council of ignorance and arrogance for refusing to exclude lawyers from money laundering Directive

Brussels, 21/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a press release (see EUROPE of 20 September, p.11), the European Parliament's rapporteur for the money laundering Directive, Klaus Heiner-Lehne, described the behaviour of the Council's representatives at a conciliation meeting as "both arrogant and ignorant". He said that the "Council of Ministers rejected all attempts at compromise and insisted that its position be adopted without modification". But the MEP explains that the Council's common...

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