Laggards on money-laundering law exposed.

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Some EU member states have yet to transpose the third money-laundering directive into their national laws, research by the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) has found.

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The "Survey on Europe and national legislation and guidance on the prevention of money-laundering and terrorist financing" found that only the UK and Italy met the December 15, 2007 transposition deadline. A number of states have since introduced legislation, but others are still resisting it.

The survey provides an overview of EU regulation and it reviews the implementation of provisions in 23 member states and similar provisions in Norway and Switzerland.

"Many accountancy bodies believe...

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