Amongst the main obligations under the AML legislations, lays the requirement the obliged entities to create and accept Internal AML Rules, individual for each specific entity.In Bulgaria this obligation is given by the Measures against Money Laundering Act (‘MAMLA’).Under Art. 101 of MAMLA:‘The entities...
In the previous topic we have given the money laundering definitions in the different countries. They consist of similar components and have the same purposes – to describe the wide circle of possible actions that one can intentionally perform, in order to hide the...
Definition of money laundering in Germany
The definition of money laundering in Germany is set out in Art. 261, para 1 of the German Criminal Code (StGB).
The definition is, as follows:
‘Whoever hides an object derived from one of the unlawful acts referred to in sentence...
Definition in Directive (EU) 2015/849 of The European Parliament and of The Council
The Directive (EU) 2015/849 of The European Parliament and of The Council (referred to hereinafter as the ‘Directive’) consist a detailed definition of money laundering.
According to Art. 1, Para 3 of the...
According to Bulgarian criminal law, the crime affects public relations, which impedes the entry into the financial system and the movement in it illegal assets. In this sense, understanding of its immediate object in the case law is almost clear:
“Money laundering may be defined...