Europe has to fight money laundering
View of financial supervision Bafin join forces. “A
separate European authority, with the national authorities into one
I think the best solution would be to have a tightly woven network
Money laundering in the EU financial sector – and possibly beyond –
fight effectively, “said the President of the Federal Agency for
Financial Services Authority (Bafin), Felix Hufeld, on
Thursday evening at the New Year reception of his authority in Frankfurt.
“We won’t be able to stop money laundering
get around, more money laundering supervision at the European level
lift, “emphasized Hufeld.” What we also need for this: a real
uniform European regime. A regulation that is immediate
would be more effective than a directive that would
Leaves countries scope for implementation – or not at all
is implemented. “
The influence of bank regulators on the subject of money laundering is limited:
Clarification and prosecution of suspected cases are the responsibility of
Law enforcement agencies are also using the evidence
Police. It is the responsibility of the supervisors to monitor
that financial institutions are adequately preventing money laundering
and at least meet the legal requirements
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