The EU will take stricter measures against money laundering, a new supervisory authority is being created

Balek was satisfied with the directive, which was approved by 513 MEPs, 25 of them were against and 33 abstained, and two of them were appointed. One was accepted by 479 votes, 61 MEPs did not support it and 32 voted absentee. The type that governs the establishment of the AMLA was approved by 482 MEPs, 47 were against and 38 abstained.

Money laundering is a dangerous crime, and there are always other, usually very serious, crimes from which money laundering comes. The impossibility of laundering the pension reduces the attractiveness of even this crime, said the Czech MEP Ludk Niedermayer (TOP 09, populist faction of the EPP), who was the reporter of one of the proposals.

Today, the fight against money laundering does not only include efforts to use money acquired from corruption, drug sales and other criminal activities. There are many dues and limited opportunities to cover up the real owners, which are abundantly used by the oligarchs. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made this issue even more expensive, because it has shown how much weakness people from the sanctions list have when it comes to bleeding property, he added, adding that there is no place for illegal money and property in Europe.

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The essence of the agreement is the establishment of the EU coordinated anti-money laundering agency (AMLA). The responsibility for combating money laundering will remain in the hands of the Member States, but AMLA will monitor, support and coordinate the implementation of EU legislation in individual countries, which should reduce the risk that some countries, due to their lack of activity in this area, will become gateways for illegal money. to the union.

According to Niedermayer, he tried to have the new agency’s headquarters in a different EU country. MEPs with the Council of the EU, however, had a different vision, he added. Pa, m, Brussels, Dublin, Riga, Vilnius and Vde also competed for the seat.

According to the EU, professional football clubs and sports agents, who are now becoming so-called obligated persons, pose a big risk, among others. They will have to keep track of their orders, monitor transactions and report suspicions. Given that this sector and its risk are subject to a large amount of variation, the Polish states will have the option to remove them from the list if they represent a low risk, as stated in the new rules.

In the middle of 2021, the European Commission submitted a comprehensive proposal to the members of the EU system in the field of combating money laundering and preventing financial terrorism. It was about the response to scandals with suspicious transactions in the banks of several countries, in recent years, for example, Denmark, Estonia, Luxembourg, Spain and the Netherlands.