The European Parliament’s economy and home affairs committees are holding an interim vote on a package of anti-money laundering laws that will “close the gaps” for leading Russian businessmen under European sanctions. It has been reported DEA News Referring to the European People’s Party (EPP) faction.
According to Ludek Niedermeier, the party’s representative in the European Parliament, the fight against money laundering has so far “worked better on paper than in reality” and the sanctions against “Russian oligarchs” have proven “no easy task”. officials of the member states.
He emphasized that with the adoption of the new sanctions package, “many gaps that make the life of money launderers much easier” will be closed. The politician said the AP will identify the ultimate beneficiaries of companies, real estate and land, revealing not only the owners of high-value assets such as yachts or private jets, but also how those assets were acquired.
The EPP also said that the bill includes the creation of a special body – the EU Anti-Money Laundering Agency. It should strengthen coordination between countries of the Union, consolidate national real estate registers and facilitate cross-border access to information in the fight against money laundering and sanctions evasion.
formerly Bloomberg WroteHe said that the ministers of EU countries are ready to approve an initiative that will give the right to temporarily prohibit Russian exporters from pre-booking the necessary infrastructure capacities for European countries’ LNG supply.