INVITATION
The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) has the pleasure of inviting you to a keynote and roundtable discussion on
Rethinking Anti-Money Laundering: Recommendations for the EU Legal Framework
Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 6:00 p.m. DGAP, Rauchstraße 17, 10787 Berlin
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Sieber, Managing Director Dr. Benjamin Vogel, Senior Researcher Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg
Illegal trade and the laundering of its profits are among the most profitable avenues of organized crime. Despite a range of – partially competing – legal responses that have been issued on national and international levels, the success of related criminal prosecutions remains meager.
Ulrich Sieber, with Benjamin Vogel, will present his study on new approaches to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) in the European Union, which he conducted with a team of researchers from other EU states at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany. A leading specialist in criminal law, Sieber will not only outline the deficiencies he identified in current German and European approaches to AML, as well as their implementation, but will also offer recommendations for an enhanced legal framework.
During a roundtable discussion following the keynote, Sieber will further explore and discuss his findings in exchange with the participants.
The event will be chaired by Dr. Henning Riecke, Head of Study Groups at the German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP).
It will be held in English.