On June 28, 2017, the Finnish parliament passed the new Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Act No. 444/2017) and the Law on the Financial Intelligence Units (FIU) (Act No. 445/2017), which entered into force on July 3, 2017 and implemented the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4th AMLD) in the country.