Anti-money laundering framework in the EU

The EU strenghtened and harmonized the anti-money laundering (AML) requirements expected as well as enlarged the scope of entities abiding by these rules.

Alexandre PAMART, Compliance Specialist, PhD program at CEDS Paris

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This content is part of the ongoing thesis prepared at CEDS by the author.

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The table provides an analytical view of significant changes across more than three decades.

Table - Evolving legal framework in the EU (sources : 4 to 13)

Alexandre PAMART, Compliance Specialist, PhD program at CEDS Paris

All rights belong to the author, Alexandre PAMART and Institut Talleyrand.

This content is part of the ongoing thesis prepared at CEDS by the author.

INSTITUT TALLEYRAND - TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS

Sources

(4) Comply Advantage, EU AMLD Summary, 02/04/2020

https://complyadvantage.com/insights/eu-anti-money-laundering-directive/

(5) European Parliament, News, Tougher rules on money laundering to fight tax evasion and terrorist financing, 20/05/2015

(6) AMF, Position - recommendation DOC 2019 – 15, Guidance on the risk-based approach to combat to combating money laundering terrorist financing, 29/11/2019

(7) HWF, A new frontier for AML regulation, September 2018

(8) SiaPartners, The EU Fifth AML Directive: Directive (EU) 2018/843

(9) RIPJAR, 6AMLD: 5 Changes Every Compliance Officer Should Know About

(10) Comply Advantage, History of Anti Money Laundering Directive: A Summary - Part One, last updated 25/08/2022

(11) Tookitaki, EU AML Directives (AMLD): All You Need to Know, 30/04/2022

(12) Deloitte, The new anti-money laundering directives, 30/11/2016

(13) Council of the European Union, Anti-money laundering: Council agrees its position on a strengthened rulebook, 07/12/2022