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Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion by neiman on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:56AM (#24280920)
Wasn't the EU directive was put in place after terror attacks in Europe in the previous decade?

What does 9/11 got to do with it?

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Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion by ckastner on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:14AM (#24281338)
The first iteration of the aforementioned EU directive was published in 2005 [1]. Before that, individual countries had tightened their individual rules.

The Wikipedia page on money laundering [2] details the consequences of 9/11 on regulation quite well. The keyword there is the "Financial Action Task Force", whose recommendations the EU directive aimed to implement.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering#History

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Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion by neiman on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:27AM (#24281410)
Thank you, I take what I wrote back.
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