ROMANIA PLAYS CATCH UP ON AML LEGISLATION – IMPELMENTIONG 4AMLD TWO YEARS LATE

ROMANIAN politics are rarely a placid affair, although February 5’s no confidence vote downing the National Liberal Party government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban after just three months in office marks a period of particularly intense instability. This collapse comes as the government had hoped to debate implementing the European Union’s (EU) fifth anti-money laundering directive – a task that will not now be undertaken until parliamentarians replace the government, or – as is more likely – snap elections are held. Romania, did nonetheless implement ...


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