BREAKING: EU bans sale of luxury cars and goods to Russia; bloc will also sanction Abramovich, defence companies, named prominent figures; VDL aims to ‘further cripple Putin’s ability to finance this unjustified war’
The EU will ban the sale of cars worth more than €50,000 and luxury goods worth over €300 to Russia.
The bloc will now also sanction Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, as part of the fourth sanctions package unleashed by the Union over Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
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MONEYVAL chairperson and FATF president exchange views with Council of Europe Committee of Ministers
MONEYVAL
On 6 November, Nicola Muccioli, Chairperson of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL), and Elisa de Anda Madrazo, President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), held an exchange of views with the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.
Chairperson Muccioli presented MONEYVAL’s work and achievements during 2023, as reflected in its annual report and the features of the recently launched 6th evaluation round. He highlighted MONEYVAL’s close cooperation with the FATF and its contribution to revising the global standards to counter money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.