The New Anti-Money Laundering Law First Perspectives on the 4th Eur

This book introduces and contextualizes the revised and strengthened legislation on the laundering of criminal funds mandated by the European Union on the 20th May 2015. The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU’s fourth directive 2015/849, wi

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The New Anti-Money Laundering Law



Domenico Siclari Editor

The New Anti-Money Laundering Law First Perspectives on the 4th European Union Directive

Editor Domenico Siclari Sapienza Università di Roma Roma, Italy

ISBN 978-3-319-29098-0 ISBN 978-3-319-29099-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29099-7

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction Domenico Siclari 2

The CDD Obligations Following a Risk-Based Approach Pierpaolo Fratangelo

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3 Beneficial Ownership and Effective Transparency Roberto Formisani

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Anti-Money Laundering EU Law and Network of Agents Domenico Siclari

5 Risk Assessment Pierluigi Tonnara

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Tax Crimes Inclusion in “Criminal Activity” Definition Andrea Zaccagna

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The Effects of New Rules on Gambling Elena Giacone

Bibliography

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CONTRIBUTORS

Roberto  Formisani currently works at the Bank of Italy in the Organisation Directorate (focusing on internal regulations of the Bank) and is currently reading for a PhD in Corporate and Securities Law at the University of Bologna. Previously, he worked for the Italian Banking Association, where he dealt with the reform of the European system of financial supervision and got a five-month research internship in the Banking Supervision Department of the Bank of Italy. He published some articles in Italian legal journals and participated, as contributor, to a commentary on Italian Corporate Law. Pierpaolo Fratangelo is Deputy Head of the AML/CFT Unit in the Banking and Financial Supervision Department at the Bank of Italy. He is a member of the Italian Delegations to FATF and to Council of Europe/Moneyval. He is the representative of t