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On November 22 the European Court of Justice (hereinafter the Court) issued a ruling on the UBO register. The Court concluded that the provision in the European Anti-Money Laundering Directive (hereafter Directive), which requires member...
The Netherlands Supreme Court dated 9 July 2019, alternative scenario: ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1137 The Court of Appeal based its conviction on the indirect method of proof. In short it means that an accused can be convicted of...
Overijssel Court, 13 February 2018, cash in rolled chicken meat: ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2018:421 The suspect has emerged during a money laundering investigation, aimed at co-suspects in Aruba. The investigation showed that the suspect spoke in veiled terms...
Court of Justice in The Hague, 15 September 2017: Money laundering by filing a tax return This was a case where fraud in medical expenses was brought to light. False invoices were made up in...
The Court of Appeal of The Hague, dated 24 October 2018, seizure of bitcoins: ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2018:2821 In a criminal case, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service has had to return a large amount of bitcoins as it...
In November 2017 two investigations dealing with the conversion of criminal bitcoins into cash were brought before a Dutch court. The first investigation covered a drug dealer who operated via Darknet; the drugs were paid...
This is an article from our newsletter 2017-1 The 'step-by-step plan' is ECHR proof In previous newsletters we discussed the step-by-step plan the Netherlands can use to prove money laundering without predicate offence. The past...