On May 7, 2020, the European Commission published a series of measures designed to further strengthen the EU’s framework to fight money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF). The measures include an action plan for a comprehensive union policy on preventing ML/TF, the creation of a more transparent methodology to identify high-risk third countries and an updated list of high-risk third countries.
This report provides an overview of the action plan, their future impact and the expectation outcomes of the changes.