The New Anti-Money Laundering Law  [electronic resource] : First Perspectives on the 4th European Union Directive /
Siclari, Domenico.editor.
This book introduces and contextualizes the revised and strengthened legislation on the laundering of criminal funds mandated by the European Union on the 20th May 2015. The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU's fourth directive 2015/849, with a specific focus on topics such as: beneficial ownership and effective transparency, the risk-based approach, the issue of supervision of payment institutions that operate across borders by agents, the new method of risk assessment, tax crimes inclusion in "criminal activity" definition, and the effects of new rules on the gambling sector. The authors present the new laws in the context of their legal genealogy and demonstrate the benefits they bring in raising the standards for anti-money laundering regulation and counter-terrorism financing. The book's comprehensive exploration of this new legislation will appeal to policy-makers, students and academics hoping to understand the changes more clearly. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
1) Introduction; Domenico Siclari -- 2) AML Following the Risk-Based Approach; Pierpaolo Fratangelo -- 3) Beneficial Ownership and Effective Transparency; Roberto Formisani -- 4) AML and Network of Agents; Domenico Siclari -- 5) Risk Assessment; Pierluigi Tonnara -- 6) Tax Crimes Inclusion in 'Criminal Activity' Definition; Andrea Zaccagna -- 7) The Effects of New Rules on Gambling; Elena Giacone.
This book introduces and contextualizes the revised and strengthened legislation on the laundering of criminal funds mandated by the European Union on the 20th May 2015. The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU's fourth directive 2015/849, with a specific focus on topics such as: beneficial ownership and effective transparency, the risk-based approach, the issue of supervision of payment institutions that operate across borders by agents, the new method of risk assessment, tax crimes inclusion in "criminal activity" definition, and the effects of new rules on the gambling sector. The authors present the new laws in the context of their legal genealogy and demonstrate the benefits they bring in raising the standards for anti-money laundering regulation and counter-terrorism financing. The book's comprehensive exploration of this new legislation will appeal to policy-makers, students and academics hoping to understand the changes more clearly. .
Finance.
Europe-Politics and government.
European Union.
Terrorism.
Tax accounting.
Transnational crime.
Finance, general.
European Politics.
European Union Politics.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Business Taxation/Tax Law.
Transnational Crime.