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‘SCHUMAN’ EUROPEAN NOTEBOOK: Belgium’s worrying FATF assessment is wake up call for country, EU institutions in face of narco tide

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FATF REPORT: The global financial crime watchdog today released a less than flattering report on Belgium's ability to tackle narco linked money laundering in the country. FILE PHOTO: A Belgian police officer stands guard at the scene of a security operation in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, Belgium.

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BELGIUM – home to the EU’s important agencies and the country most at risk of becoming a narco-state – is struggling to fight financial crime, FATF warned today (Tuesday). Assessors pull no punches in a report which lays bare the inadequacies of Belgium’s efforts to tackle the cartels. Today’s report is couched in diplomatic language…

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