EU LAWMAKERS GREENLIGHT BRUNA SZEGO FOR AMLA CHAIR
December 16th, 2024
The European Parliament has given Italy’s Bruna Szego the green light to chair the European Union's (EU) Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) (1) in a vote today (December 18) in Strasbourg, France. The vote, by a huge majority of 569 votes in favour, 20 against, and 61 abstentions, mirrored the endorsement given two days earlier in the EP committees on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) and civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE), a month after they selected Szego for the job (2). The endorsement followed a public hearing, where Szego stressed in ...
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