The New Anti-Money Laundering Law : First Perspectives on the 4th European Union Directive

This book introduces andcontextualizes the revised and strengthened legislation on the laundering ofcriminal funds mandated by the European Union on the 20^th May 2015.The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU''s fourth directive2015/849, with a specific focus on topics such as: beneficial ownership andeffective transparency, the risk-based approach, the issue of supervision ofpayment institutions that operate across borders by agents, the new method ofrisk assessment, tax crimes inclusion in "criminal activity" definition, andthe effects of new rules on the gambling sector. The authors present the newlaws in the context of their legal genealogy and demonstrate the benefits theybring in raising the standards for anti-money laundering regulation andcounter-terrorism financing.

The book''s comprehensiveexploration of this new legislation will appeal to policy-makers, students andacademics hoping to understand the changes more clearly.