EU PROPOSES NEW CRIME FIGHTING DIRECTIVE THAT WILL TELL FIU’S TO YIELD FINANCIAL DATA TO POLICE
April 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a fresh European Union (EU) directive that will mandate close cooperation between AML regulators and law enforcers to provide timely access to financial information necessary for investigations of serious crimes, including terror finance. This new law – see https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-security/20180417_directive-proposal-facilitating-use-information-prevention-detection-investigation-prosecution-criminal-offences_en.pdf - has been tabled alongside the ...
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