Ad
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia met listing criteria, European Commission previously said (Photo: Stephen Downes)

Analysis

Why the EU anti-money laundering list is so short

The EU, last week, told a black-and-white tale of 20 sinful states who posed a money-laundering threat to Europe's law-abiding single market.

But the real story of the EU and money laundering is more complicated.

And the EU's new dirty-money blacklist revealed more by its omissions than by its inclusions.

The 20 countries that posed a "high risk" of injecting criminal or terrorist funds into the single market were

Get EU news that matters

Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting member

Already a member? Login here

Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia met listing criteria, European Commission previously said (Photo: Stephen Downes)

Tags

Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Ad

Related articles

Ad
Ad