The Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on anti-money laundering legislation on Thursday 18 January 2024.

The provisional agreement on anti-money laundering legislation aims to combat fraud and to protect citizens and the EU financial system against money laundering, the financing of terrorist groups and organised crime. The Belgian Minister of Finance, Vincent Van Peteghem, whose country holds the é rotating presidency of the Council of the style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, "serif">' UE a indiqué dans un communiqu organis That “will ensure that fraudsters, the Crimea et les terroristes n' auront plus de possibilité de légitimer leurs revenus par le biais du système financier ”

Cet accord fixerait un seuil maximal de 10 000 euros for cash transactions across the EU and would allow certain journalists and anti-corruption activists to access a register in which the beneficial owners (or “ r Hey els ” ) des entreprises seraient r listed if they own more than 25% of a company's shares. In particular, it will require luxury houses, football clubs and certain institutions in the cryptocurrency sector to set up customer vigilance processes