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Smoking gun? The EU's anti money-laundering directive strikes the right balance between the public's desire for transparency and the data subject's desire for privacy (Photo: Pixabay)

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Ending shell companies does not threaten privacy

In last week's op-ed Fundamental snag with new EU money-laundering rules, Martin Kenney, a lawyer based in the British Virgin Islands criticises one of the cornerstones of the new EU anti-money laundering rules: the granting of public access to a minimum set of information on the person who ultimately owns an EU-based company, commonly known as the beneficial owner.

This is not a new debate and the issue was widely discussed during th...

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Laure Brillaud is senior policy officer at Transparency International EU.

Smoking gun? The EU's anti money-laundering directive strikes the right balance between the public's desire for transparency and the data subject's desire for privacy (Photo: Pixabay)

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Laure Brillaud is senior policy officer at Transparency International EU.

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