Minister wants a tougher approach to criminal facilitators in the money laundering process

Preventing illegally earned money from entering legal channels is one of the priorities that Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius will be focusing on in combating criminal financial flows. She wrote this in an appendix to a letter to the House of Representatives.

"When illegally earned money is invested in legitimate objects, businesses, and consumer goods, a nexus between the legitimate and criminal underworld is created, and the integrity of the financial system is under pressure. Together with the Minister of Finance, I am committed to preventing and combating money laundering and taking a more robust approach to criminal facilitators in the money laundering process," the Minister stated in an appendix to the letter to Parliament .

Strengthening supervision
Further investments are also being made in the analysis of unusual transactions by the Financial Intelligence Unit-Netherlands and strengthening the supervision of gatekeepers such as accountants and notaries through the Financial Supervision Office and other professional groups through the Wwft Supervision Office.