Very delighted to attend the #FATF June Plenary to pay tribute to Elisa de Anda Madrazo from Mexico who has been serving as Vice President of the FATF since 2020 until yesterday, including 2 years during my Presidency. For my laudatory speech see shorturl.at/djLX7

A year ago, the German Presidency of the #FATF ended with a very successful Plenary in Berlin. Extremely grateful to my national organisation team, the FATF Secretariat, all delegates & the city of Berlin for hosting us. For the seminal outcomes go to ➡️ bit.ly/3zGOPos

An honour to moderate the presentation of the latest IMF publications on AML/CFT in the German Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin: A Guide to Beneficial Ownership Transparency lnkd.in/ei8v6n9m & CFT: Good Practices to Enhance Effectiveness lnkd.in/eDURx4f4

Where do we stand with the EU Anti-Money Laundering legislative package? This was what we discussed at last week’s Global AML/CFT Conference in the Kap Europa Conference Center in Frankfurt. For details see shorturl.at/uzGR1

We need uniform #aml rules in Europe, minimum harmonization is not sufficient! And we need an #eu authority that makes sure these rules are applied uniformly across the Union: the AMLA! You can read more about this in Tuesday’s article in the #Boersenzeitung (in German):

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Interested in why the future European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) will play a key role for making the new EU AML-package function effectively? You find answers in my article in the new edition of the Eurofi Magazine.

Pleasure to meet with the Irish Minister for Financial Services,Dr. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill,during my stay in Dublin last week. On the margins of the European Anti-Financial Crime Summit, we had the chance to discuss the new role of Anti-Money Laundering on the political agenda

An honour to meet Paschal Donohoe, Eurogroup President, on the margins of the EuropeanAnti-Financial
CrimeSummit in Dublin this week. Good exchange on the role of AML in Europe & beyond. Flattered by his warm welcome in his speech. For his full speech see lnkd.in/exFS7p4P

The event of the year - the European Anti-Financial Crime Event in Dublin this week! Thank you to Stephen Ræ & James Treacy from AML Intelligence to invite me to speak about „A new Dawn - Europe‘s strategy to tackle dirty money“.

Atttended the 5th International AMLCongress of #IPLD in São Paulo on Tuesday. Joined a panel on money laundering from environmental crime with Federal Judge Dr Fausto De Sanctis. Presented the findings of the relevant FATF report. For more see:
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Great meeting in Brasilia last week with my colleagues from the Ministry of Finance Undersecretary Antonio Freitas & G20 Coordinator Pedro Fachada. We discussed the upcoming Brazilian G20 Presidency and current global challenges for finance people.

On the international day of #biodiversity , I discussed with the federal agency in Brazil that acts as an environmental police (IBAMA) the need to cooperate with the FIU & law enforcement to follow the money from environmental crimes. For more see shorturl.at/fpvzQ

Thank you to the Secretary of Justice Augusto Botelho for a good discussion on environmental crimes as predicate offense of money laundering & the legal instruments of effective investigations & enforcement in Brasilia last week. For more see shorturl.at/quI47

Pleasure to meet with Deputy Governor of the Brazilian Central Bank, Maurício Costa de Moura, & Head of the Department of Conduct Supervision, Juliana Mozachi Sandri. We discussed sustainable finance, PIX, CBDC & financial flows from environmental crimes.

Excellent meeting with the President of the Brazilian FIU, Ricardo Liáo, & the Head of the Brazilian delegation to the FATF, Marconi Melo, in Brasilia. We discussed the current AML efforts & fighting illicit financial flows from illegal deforestation and illegal mining.

Arrived in Brasilia today, for talks on illicit financial flows from environmental crimes. If source, transit & destination countries follow the recommendations from the FATF July 2021 report, they can make a huge difference for our climate & biodiversity through the means of AML

Delighted to have joined the 1st meeting of the Senior Advisory Group to the EU Global Facility in Brussels Mo to Tue - the EU Commission’s instrument to support countries with strategic deficiencies in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CFT).

Good talk to EP’s APAs lately on
- the innovations of the AML package
- why we need ambitious but workable AML rules
- what conditions we should expect from AMLA’s location to ensure an effective supervisory work from day 1
- why Frankfurt excellently matches these criteria!

Really looking forward to speaking at the European Anti-Financial Crime Summit very soon and to getting together with friends and colleagues for exchanging on the newest trends.

Pleasure to have chaired again the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) panel at this year’s EUROFI-conference in Stockholm last week. Our topic: the upcoming trialogue on the EU AML legislative package. For more see here bit.ly/3nA4UIU