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Bureau 28a
Law No. 781-VIQ, On Combating Legalization of Criminally Obtained Property and Financing Terrorism, dated 30 December 2022, is promulgated on 31 January 2023.
Germany
Norton Rose Fulbright
The unprecedented expansion of foreign direct investment (FDI) and national security reviews in recent years, in parallel with an increasingly turbulent geopolitical outlook...
Ireland
Matheson
The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the "Act") will establish a new FDI screening regime in Ireland. The Act was signed into law by the Minister for Enterprise...
Luxembourg
DLA Piper
This newsflash highlights the features of the new Circular CSSF 23/845 that is relevant for credit institutions incorporated under Luxembourg law,1 including their branches...
CMS Luxembourg
On 7 February 2024, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, "CSSF")...
Malta
Finance Malta
The AMLR shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply for 3 years...
CSB Group
Malta conducted its National Risk Assessment (NRA) on Money Laundering (ML) and Funding for Terrorism (TF) in 2018, leading to various reviews by international bodies like MONEYVAL, EBA, European Commission, and IMF.
Finance Malta
The European Union (EU) has achieved a preliminary consensus between the Council and Parliament on crucial elements of the anti-money laundering (AML) package.
Netherlands
Taylor Wessing
In 2021, the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, known as the "smartest square meters in the Netherlands", was acquired by a Singapore sovereign wealth fund.
ACG International
In the fight for a more secure Europe, tackling money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CTF) is high on the agenda. Recently, the European Council and the European...
Norway
Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA
PST presented the National Threat Assessment (NTA) for 2024 yesterday. It is important reading for Norwegian businesses but also leaves some fundamental questions.
UK
Gowling WLG
As part of our ongoing changing landscape series, this insight explores the key developments, changes and exclusions for defence and security contracts under the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act).
Osborne Clarke
HM Treasury has published the draft Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024. These aim to tackle push payment fraud by enabling banks and payment service providers...
Bates Wells
On Monday 11 March, the government announced that it had updated its definition of ‘extremism', specifically stating that this is in response to ‘increased extremist threat since the October 7th attacks in Israel'.
DMH Stallard
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the "Act") introduced screening powers for the UK government to scrutinise and potentially block acquisitions of UK business...
Travers Smith LLP
The UK Government has approved a minority stake held in Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone UK) by Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC (e&) subject to conditions to mitigate the national security risks.
Withers LLP
Over recent years, the art market has drawn increasing interest from organised crime and terrorist groups seeking to identify ways to launder the proceeds of crime and fund their illicit activities.
European Union
Rahman Ravelli Solicitors
Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli details the decision-making process that led to the German city becoming the base for AMLA.
Ganado Advocates
Compromise text for the proposed Regulation on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing ("AMLR").
Bindmans LLP
Even before the devastating terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel on 7 October 2023, the humanitarian situation in Gaza was desperate.
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