The EU Commission today presented a new blacklist of 23 high-risk countries for money laundering and terrorist financing. To date, the EU list has only included twelve countries that are already on the list of the Financial Action Task…

Tomorrow the EU Parliament will vote on the EU-Singapore trade agreement. Among other things, the agreement creates a loophole for investors in government bonds in the event of debt rescheduling in an EU country. The Dutch non-governmental organisation SOMO…

Since early 2019, the Finnish Permanent Representation (PermRep) to the EU is the first to proactively publish lobby meetings online: https://finlandabroad.fi/web/eu/meetings (translated below). Meetings of the Finnish Permanent Representative and his deputy are published, those of the 90…

Commenting on today’s Transparency International study on the Eurogroup’s lack of transparency, accountability and democratic scrutiny, Sven Giegold, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions, said:   “The study by Transparency International puts its finger…

Stephan Wilken, Head of Anti Financial Crime and Deutsche Bank’s Group Anti Money Laundering Officer, and Dr. Jens Fürhoff, Head of Money Laundering Prevention at the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority), testified today at a hearing in…