Brussels -- Today, members of
the European Parliament adopted new rules to help fight money laundering and
terrorist financing in the EU, one of the key actions in the European Security
Agenda presented last month.
Vera Jourova, the EU's
Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, welcomed the vote
in Parliament which marked the final adoption of the anti-money laundering
package: "Serious and organised crime is driven by profit - tracing the
illicit proceeds of crime back to the criminal networks is essential both to
detect, prosecute and dismantle those networks and to seize and confiscate
their criminal wealth. The new anti-money laundering rules adopted today will
help us follow the money and crack down on money laundering and terrorist
financing."
According to a press release
issued by European Parliament, the new strengthened European anti-money
laundering framework will contribute to the fight against terrorist financing
and money laundering by:
facilitating the work of Financial Intelligence Units from different Member States to identify and follow suspicious transfers of money and facilitate the exchange of information;establishing a coherent policy towards non-EU countries that have deficient anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regimes; ensuring full traceability of funds transfers within, to and from the European Union.
facilitating the work of Financial Intelligence Units from different Member States to identify and follow suspicious transfers of money and facilitate the exchange of information;establishing a coherent policy towards non-EU countries that have deficient anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regimes; ensuring full traceability of funds transfers within, to and from the European Union.
The Commission will supplement this legislation by working on a supranational assessment of risks. Both texts fully take into account the 2012 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international standard-setter in the field, and go further on a number of issues to promote the highest standards for anti-money laundering and to counter terrorism financing.
Work must now begin to ensure
this framework, which focuses on greater effectiveness and improved
transparency, is quickly and effectively put in place. The Commission will work
with Member States to speed up the process of implementation of the new
Anti-Money Laundering requirements. -end-
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