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Poland post-regime change: shifting enforcement approaches to state-owned enterprises and their business partners

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There was significant legal and regulatory scrutiny across both private and state-owned sectors in Poland in 2024, focusing on business fraud, sanctions compliance, money laundering, and bribery. State-owned enterprises,...more

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From ecocide to social fraud: key trends in Belgian white-collar crime enforcement

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In Belgium we have seen a rise in prosecutions of environmental issues, inappropriate behaviour at work, social fraud, social dumping (where companies employ cheaper labour from other countries to undercut local wages), and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Aims for Harmonized Sanctions Enforcement With Defined Criminal Offences and Penalties

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European Union member states have until 20 May 2025 to transpose into their national legislation EU Directive (EU) 2024/1226 (the Directive), which establishes minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and...more

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European Council Officially Adopts New AML/CFT Package

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On May 30, 2024, following passage by the European Parliament in late April, the European Council officially adopted a set of rules that modernizes and harmonizes money laundering and terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The implementation of the Fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive in German Law – Tighten the tight?

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In the course of the “Panama Paper” scandal, Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – known as 4. Anti-Money Laundering...more

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Global Voices: KYC Programmes - Aren't They All Done and Dusted?

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Recent conversations with firms have left me in a curious state of mind, I had thought all financial services firms had wrapped their Know Your Customer (KYC) programs and put them to bed?…. It turns out I was wrong!...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Laws May Extend to Private Landlords

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On April 15, the UK Treasury released proposed steps, entitled a “consultation,” to adopt the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (“5AMLD”) into national law, while also seeking comments and evidence from stakeholders to...more

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