EU Legislation

To combat terrorism effectively, the EU proposes to organise its actions around four objectives: prevention, protection, pursuit and response. Prevention The "Prevention" pillar aims to combat radicalisation and recruitment of terrorists by identifying the methods, propaganda and the instruments used by terrorists. Although these challenges lie with the Member States, the EU helps to...

This directive aims to prevent the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing and overrides Directive 91/308/EEC. It applies to financial and credit...

The Framework Decision does not define the crime of money laundering but it provides that Member States shall take the necessary steps not to make or uphold reservations in respect of a number of...

All Member States have set up financial intelligence units (FIUs) to collect and analyse information received under the provisions of Directive 91/308/EEC with the aim of establishing links...

The Council adopted a Convention to facilitate mutual judicial assistance between the authorities of the Member States (police, customs and courts) in order to improve the speed and efficiency of...

The Europol Convention, which came into force on 1 October 1998, provided the legal basis for Europol. Although the establishment of Europol was foreseen in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, Europol is...

Since 1995, a convention has been in place which seeks to protect, under criminal law, the financial interests of the EU and its taxpayers. Over the years, the Convention on the Protection of the...