AMLA launches with big promises! As of 1 July 2025, the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) has opened its doors in Frankfurt am Main, the seat fixed in the founding Regulation (EU) 2024/1620. Its first chair, Bruna Szega, and an executive board drawn from
EFRI represents 65 victims in their claims for refunds from P2P GmbH, which are pending before the German prosecutor in Cologne. If you have also transferred money to this account and have not yet filed a claim, please get in touch. Background In 2018, the criminal syndicate led by Barak,
As legislative negotiations over the draft Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and Payment Services Regulation (PSR) intensify, the debate over how — and to what extent — authorised payment fraud should be addressed through liability rules for payment service providers (PSPs) has gained urgency. (See, for example, the contribution by
On 10 June 2025, the European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI) formally submitted a disciplinary complaint to the Haagse Orde van Advocaten, the local Bar Association for The Hague, against the Dutch law firm BarentsKrans and its partner , This action follows the events previously described in our earlier publications: Ethical Concerns
BarentsKrans, one of the leading Dutch law firms, is facing growing criticism over its handling of the EFRI & Van Ruiten vs. Payvision / ING appeal case. The European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI), representing more than 600 victims of financial fraud, has raised serious concerns about the firm’s adherence to
The recent warning by the UK Gambling Commission to five Premier League clubs about their sponsorship ties with unlicensed gambling operators echoes a troubling pattern that European consumers are all too familiar with – the era of fraudulent binary options providers like Option888. TGP Europe: Unlicensed and Under Scrutiny AFC
On 24 April 2025, the Dutch law firm BarentsKrans formally accepted a mandate to represent EFRI and Nxx van Rxx in an appeal against Payvision/ING — a case involving more than 600 victims of large-scale online investment fraud from across Europe. On 15 May 2025, BarentsKrans ended its engagement. From
In an interesting verdict from the Copenhagen City Court, Bo Stengaard, the former CEO of Københavns Andelskasse, has been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence for violations of Denmark’s Anti-Money Laundering Act during his tenure from 2017 to 2018. Stengaard admitted his failure to act on suspicious transactions totalling approximately
In the world of crypto fraud, a new facilitator has quietly emerged: Nested Services – sometimes referred to as the “money mule equivalent” of the crypto age. These services play a critical role in laundering crypto-assets stolen from unsuspecting investors. What are Nested Services? A Nested Service is a crypto
Learning from the US Model of Financial Consumer Protection In yesterday’s article, we discussed the urgent need for a centralised consumer financial protection agency in the EU — a “European CFPB.” Today, we delve deeper into the competencies of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and compare them to
