MONTENEGRO AWAITS NEGATIVE EUROPOL CRIME REPORT, BUT MAKES PROGRESS ON AML
August 1st, 2013
THE WESTERN Balkans has long been considered as having weak money laundering controls. But, Croatia’s accession to the European Union (EU) on July 1 and tighter legislation in Serbia has focused criminals’ attention on a smaller number of looser jurisdictions - Montenegro is one of those.Europe’s youngest country – independent since 2006 – it has long had a reputation for lawlessness. This was underlined by (admittedly unconfirmed) excerpts leaked in April (2013) of a draft Europol report, which was due to be released formally in September ...
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