Centro de Documentação da PJ
Analítico de Periódico
CD 291
The revision of the EU framework on the prevention of money laundering [Documento electrónico] / Delphine Langlois
Eucrim - The European Criminal Law Associations' Forum, Freiburg i.Br., N.3 (2013), p. 96-98
BRANQUEAMENTO DE CAPITAIS, PREVENÇÃO CRIMINAL, UNIÃO EUROPEIA
I. Ongoing negotiations in the Council and Parliament on the Commission proposal - reaching a first step towards political agreement before the European elections in may 2014. II. Broad support in the Council and Parliament on the general approach proposed by the Commission - key substantial issues still under discussion: 1. The general approach of the Directive: a risk-based approach; 2. The need to facilitate cooperation between member states; 2. The need to facilitate cooperation between member states; 4. The balance between the need for security and the protection of the fundamental rights; 5. The strengthening of administrative sanctions. III. feeling the impact of the political context of the fight against tax fraud and evasion on key issues of the revision of the AML directive: 1. An explicit reference to tax crimes to specify the scope of the Directive; 2. An increased transparency regarding beneficial owners.
