The European Parliament and the EU's 27 national governments reached a provisional agreement Thursday on a landmark regulation that seeks to harmonize the application of anti-money laundering rules across the bloc, as well as a new directive, 6AMLD.
The EU's AML Authority has taken another step towards becoming fully operational.
EU officials are considering creating a European financial intelligence unit to more effectively combat cross-border criminal activity as part of a wider plan to centralize and harmonize anti-money laundering supervision in the bloc, a draft document shows.