An overview of money laundering laws in the European Union and The European Commission’s ۲۰۲۱ AML Package

Money laundering can be defined as the process of concealing the existence of an illegal source or use of the proceeds of a criminal activity and then disguising those proceeds to make them appear legitimate. The European Commission conducts risk assessments in order to identify and respond to threats to the EU's internal market. The European Union has adopted strong laws to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The first Anti-Money Laundering Directive was adopted in ۱۹۹۰ to combat money laundering. The new EU framework covers a wide range of risk-taking areas, in particular virtual assets and crowdfunding, and complements other regulations such as the regulation of cryptoasset markets by complementing the traceability of cryptoassets. This article examines the legislative process of the European Union on money laundering and examines the recent law approved in ۲۰۲۳ and the important problems that have been tried to be solved in the recent law.

Keywords:

money laundering , AMLA , New AML Regulation , AML Directive۶