UPDATE ON THE EU ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING FRAMEWORK: TOOLS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Date: 10 to 11-11-2016

Location: Trier

Languages: English

Organiser: ERA (Academy of European Law)

Website: https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=2d1702c2c79c99fddd610c7ec4aea308881f3e3f00501120205316&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=126205

Objective: This seminar will address the current European anti-money laundering landscape and focus on the changes being implemented since the adoption of the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. It will also highlight recent national challenges and actions that have been taken to address them, including the recently adopted proposals and changes in relation to tackling money laundering and terrorist financing.

Key topics

• Progress made on the adoption of the standards introduced by the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive; proposed amendments on stricter transparency rules

• Measures aimed at protecting the financial system against money laundering

• Best practice for detecting and deterring illicit transactions

• The EU Action Plan for strengthening the fight against terrorist financing and its various elements in relation to preventing money laundering

Who should attend? Lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel, professionals working in the financial services sector, judges, prosecutors, government officials, law enforcement officers, academics and other stakeholders.