The EU presents a new action plan against money laundering
On the 7th of May 2020, the European Commission, through the Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, published a new European Union ...
Anti-money laundering measures: Swiss banks look the other way
Like their counterparts in the European Union, Swiss banks are very often involved in money laundering schemes. Here are some ...
Swiss parliament stops the adaptation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act to international standards
On 2 March this year, the National Council, the so-called Grand House of the Swiss Parliament, prevented the introduction of ...
European Union – Money Laundering Paradise
The Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May ...
Filippo Spiezia: ”The European Commission wants to cut Eurojust’s operational budget. It is unacceptable and against the EU values”
The vice-president of Eurojust speaks at the conference ”Mafias: a European Problem”, organised at the European Parliament. Brussels, 5 February ...
Mafias in Europe
It was 1962 when the American mathematician Edward Lorenz studied and elaborated the so-called “butterfly effect”, probably inspired by “A ...
Combating Money Laundering at a local level: the example of Amsterdam
On September 6, 2019 we participated in the conference on money laundering organized by ”Die Linke” at the Bundestag. On ...
The German perspective 12 years after the Duisburg massacre
Exactly 12 years ago, on 15th August 2007, the Duisburg massacre shook Germany and turned the spotlight on the ‘ndrangheta, ...
German and the Italian legal frameworks to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism
The International Monetary Fund has assessed the German and the Italian legal frameworks to combat money laundering and the financing ...
Is laundering money in Spielothekes possible?
Walking Berlin’s streets it is impossible not to notice the overwhelming amount of shiny, colorful „SPIELOTHEK” signs, sometimes placed one ...