In order to carry out an effective fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the European Parliament and the Member States have approved the creation of a European Union agency.

The European Anti-Money Laundering Agency, known by its English acronym AMLA, “Anti-money laundering authority”, will be responsible for supervising and coordinating national authorities in order to better detect and combat suspicious activities. cross-border. According to the Spanish co-rapporteur of the text, Eva Maria Poptcheva, “the AMLA will change the game when it comes to fighting dirty money in the EU”. She also said that the new European agency “will also play a crucial role in avoiding the circumvention of financial sanctions, such as those taken against Russia