EU agrees on stricter rules to combat moneylaundering and capture cryptoassets
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday to improve how national authorities work with each other to combat money laundering, including in the crypto sector. Representatives of EU states and the European Parliament reached the deal in negotiations that concluded in the early hours of Thursday, aiming to end the current differing national approaches to fighting money laundering. “This will ensure that fraudsters, organised crime and terrorists will have no space left for legitimising their proceeds through the financial system,” Vincent Van Petegh…