On 4 July 2025, the draft Implementation Act on the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing (Implementatiewet ter voorkoming van witwassen en terrorismefinanciering, Draft Implementation Act) was published for public consultation. The Draft Implementation Act transposes the Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1640, AMLD6) into Dutch law. It
On 14 May 2025, the Dutch government published their new approach to anti-money laundering (AML) in a letter to the Dutch Parliament. The Dutch government has introduced a new direction in its AML policy, driven by concerns that existing measures have placed an undue burden on legitimate citizens and businesses. In a recent
On 14 November 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued two sets of final guidelines that, for the first time, set common EU standards on the governance arrangements and the policies, procedures and controls financial institutions should have in place to be able to comply with the EU and national restrictive measures.
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