Event

26 to 28 May 2025 Online

AML for the Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Defence
EU Legislative Update, AMLA, Cryptoassets, AI, Asset Recovery and Confiscation

Published 1 month ago

Organizer ERA
Link Conference Website
Contact Ramin Farinpour

Objective

This online seminar will address the current European anti-money laundering landscape and focus on the changes implemented since the adoption of the fourth, fifth and sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directives and the new Directive on enhancing FIU cooperation and access to financial information.

It will highlight the developments since the latest adopted EU AML/CFT legislation on a single rulebook, EU-level supervision and EU coordination and support mechanism for FIUs, in particular the initial steps leading up to the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) going operational. 

It will also look at the European Commission’s latest supra-national assessment of the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the internal market and relating to cross-border activities and national challenges and actions that have been taken to address money-laundering and terrorist financing, including using AI to enhance financial investigations, with a particular focus on the role of competent authorities, law enforcement, the judiciary and criminal defence lawyers.

Key topics

  • Latest developments since the adoption of the EU’s new legislation on a single rulebook, EU-level supervision and EU coordination and support mechanism for FIUs, as well as developments since their publication, AMLA
  • Supra-national risk assessment and measures aimed at protecting the financial system against money-laundering and terrorist financing, also in relation to cryptoassets
  • Best practice in detecting and deterring illicit transactions and lessons learnt from recent money-laundering cases, including using AI to enhance financial investigations
  • The framework to enhance cooperation among FIUs and enhance cross-border cooperation amongst the judiciary and law enforcement
  • Asset recovery and confiscation

Who should attend?

Judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, lawyers, government officials and FIUs.