EU: Italy’s Bruna Szego picked as chair of EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority

BRUSSELS, 26th November, 2024 (WAM) — Italy’s Bruna Szego was chosen as the chair of the European Union’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) on Monday following a three-hour hearing before the European Parliament’s Economy and Justice committees.

Szego secured a majority to defeat rival candidates Marcus Pleyer of Germany and Jan Reinder De Carpentier of the Netherlands.

Szego, the only woman in the race, founded and leads the anti-money laundering (AML) supervision and regulation unit at the Bank of Italy, having previously headed its regulation and macroprudential analysis directorate. She sits on the European Banking Authority’s anti-money laundering standing committee; one of her strengths is linking macroprudential and AML risks.

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UK: Number of wealthy individuals suspected of ‘serious tax evasion’ almost doubled says Pinsent Masons

The number of wealthy individuals HMRC suspects of ‘serious tax evasion’ jumped 95% to 172 individuals in the last 12 months*, up from 88 in the previous year, says multinational law firm Pinsent

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11 March 2024

EU: EU nations fast-track crypto law ahead of MiCA deadline

The crypto sector within the 27-nation European Union bloc is undergoing significant changes as countries prepare for the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The recent

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26 June 2025

CARIBBEAN: US Powerful Travel Ban Threatens Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Programs

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4 April 2025

US: Small Business Victory on Beneficial Ownership Reporting

U.S. small businesses do not need to fileWhat it means: U.S. small businesses do not need to file federal Beneficial Ownership Information reports. FinCEN issued a new regulation that exempts all U.S.

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