JEL Classification: G18, K14, K22, K33
Keywords: money laundering, legislation, suspicious transactions, Financial Intelligence Unit.
Fifteen years after the establishment of the UIF, this paper presents an analysis of the guidelines and operational practices of the anti-money laundering system, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses in light of the upcoming reform of the European rules, which aims to increase the harmonization of national rules and to radically alter the European institutions for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing.
