In March 2018, a draft law amending the new Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act (Zakon o sprječavanju pranja novca i financiranja terorizma; AML Act), which intends to establish a register of the real owners of companies and legal entities in Croatia to ensure this information is available to everyone, had its first reading in parliament following a public consultation that was carried out from January 18 to February 20, 2018.