Brussels warns member states to act on money-laundering rules

More than half of the European Union's member states - including France and Germany - are being threatened with legal action by the European Commission, July 2008, because of their failure to implement anti-money laundering rules designed to clamp down on terrorist financing.

European Commission: DG Freedom, Security and Justice: Organised Crime: Money Laundering http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/crime/laundering/fsj_crime_laundering_en.htm

European Commission: DG Freedom, Security and Justice: Money laundering: EU putting a stranglehold on dirty money http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/doc_centre/crime/laundering/wai/doc_crime_laundering_en.htm

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Company Law: Financial Crime http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/company/financial-crime/index_en.htm

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