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by D. Crijns, AMLC, February 2019 I previously wrote a background  article in which I examined the possibilities of money laundering by means of the game values used in internet games. Game values may be...

By: D. Crijns, AMLC, 2016 During money laundering courses at the AMLC we are often asked how criminals use online games and the payment systems associated with them for money laundering purposes. In this article...

Last week, the investigation collective OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Project), in collaboration with, among others, Trouw, Investico platform for investigative journalism and De Groene Amsterdammer published the Troika laundromat. This Troika laundromat seems to have similar...

Section 420bis.1 of the Dutch Penal Code reads as follows: "Money laundering that consists of no more than acquiring and or being in possession of an object that originates directly from a person's own criminal...

AMLC-NL made an overview of ML-legislation in EU-countries. This overview is largely based on information provided by the countries themselves. In 2014 the European Commission sent EU Member States a questionnaire in order to improve...

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 document is to introduce the revised European Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and related fraud and money laundering risks. It is based on input by the individual authors, written in a personal capacity and does...

By mr. S. Visser is account manager and project leader anti-money laundering at the Anti Money Laundering Centre (AMLC) in De Bilt. This article was published in Tijdschrift voor Bijzonder Strafrecht & Handhaving December 2017.

The bitcoin traderA facilitating role in the cash out of criminal proceeds