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 11 months ago

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.