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Header EU Commission pauses non-essential level II acts.

03/11/2025 The adoption of 115 non-essential Level 2 regulatory and implementing acts will be delayed until October 1, 2027, according to a statement released by the...

Header Changes in PEP status due to elections.

30/10/2025 This October and November, elections in multiple EU countries may impact the status of politically exposed persons (PEPs). Firms subject to AML regulations...

Header FATF removes countries from grey list.

24/10/2025 The FATF Plenary meeting took place in Paris last week, where several key topics were discussed. Among the highlights: the mutual evaluations of Belgium and...

Header merge of UK Sanctions lists.

13/10/2025 Currently, UK sanctions appear in two separate lists: The UK Sanctions List (UKSL), and the Consolidated List of Asset Freeze Targets. The UK government has...

Header European Commission publishes its latest update to the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.

10/10/2025 The European Commission has published its latest update to the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. No new jurisdictions have been added to Annex I,...

Header European Commission opens infringement procedures against 11 Member States.

07/10/2025 The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia and...

Header continuous professional development: important change for Belgian lawyers.

03/10/2025 Anamendment has been made to the regulations governing continuous professional education. The five-yearly obligation to obtain points in deontology has been...

Header crypto fraudsters funnel millions of euros through law firm in Switzerland.

02/10/2025 Belgian investigators have discovered that a group of crypto fraudsters funnelled tens of millions of euros through a law firm in Switzerland. In 2018, the...

Header The European Commission updates list of high-risk countries.

05/08/2025 The European Commission has updated the list of high-risk countries. The Commission adds 10 countries to the list of high-risk countries because they have...

Header EU sets deadline to review suspended FATF members for AML risks.

08/07/2025 On 10 June 2025, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation (C(2025) 3815) to amend the existing list of high-risk third countries. The Commission...