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 Action Plan for the prevention …
Financial Crime
In memory of Giovanni Falcone
On the 23rd of May 1992 Judge Giovanni Falcone was killed in the Capaci massacre together with his wife Francesca Morvillo and the police escort …
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 recent examples. In February 2019, …
Swiss Swiss parliament stops the adaptation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act to international standardsparliament 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 new anti-money laundering legislation, which …
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 2018 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 …
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 2020. On the 5th of …
Mafias in Europe
It was 1962 when the American mathematician Edward Lorenz studied and elaborated the so-called “butterfly effect”, probably inspired by “A Sound of Thunder”, a story …
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 this occasion, the speech of …
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, a criminal organization which, until …
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 of terrorism. Reports have been …