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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8054
21 SEPTEMBER EUROGROUP MEETING IN LIEGE / (eu) eu/eurogroup

Finance Ministers put forward concrete initiatives for combating financial crimes committed by terrorists - Report to be submitted to joint JHA/ECOFIN Council

Liège, 22/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - Drawing support from the political will expressed by the JHA Council to strengthen the European security arsenal following recent events in the United States, the EU's Finance Ministers, in the words of Didier Reynders after the Eurogroup meeting in Liège on Friday evening, are aware of the urgent need to adopt "concrete measures" to combat the financing of terrorism. In agreement with the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB), the...