Does Europe’s anti-money laundering framework need a regime change?

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SUMMARY

A series of banking scandals in multiple EU countries has underlined the shortcomings of Europe’s anti-money laundering regime. The impact of these shortcomings has been further underlined by changing geopolitics and by the new reality of European banking union. The imperative of establishing sound supervisory incentives to fight illicit finance effectively demands a stronger EU-level role in anti-money laundering supervision.

The event will discuss a new proposal sketched in a recent paper by Nicolas Veron and Joshua Kirschenbaum for a new European unitary architecture, centered on a new European anti-money laundering authority that would work on the basis of deep relationships with national authorities. You can also listen to one of the authors, Mr Nicolas Veron, expand on the proposal in a ‘Deep Focus’ episode of our podcast, The Sound of Economics.

EVENT MATERIALS

Presentation by Joshua Kirschenbaum Nicolas-Veron