Money Laundering in the legal instruments of the European Union and Council of Europe
Money Laundering in the legal instruments of the European Union and Council of Europe

Summary/Abstract: Money laundering is ranged in the group of international economic crime law as a branch or discipline of international criminal law. Although it is a relatively new notion which has not been yet generally acknowledged as a discipline of international criminal law, it could be nevertheless defined with regard to its subject in narrow and broader sense. Legal instruments of the European Union and the Council of Europe regulate quite precisely measures for the prevention, detection and prosecution of money laundering. It is important that the mentioned legal acts require from the states, which are bound by these acts, to regulate money laundering in domestic legislation in accordance with definitions of money laundering contained in these acts. That means that the regulation of money laundering in national legislations is very similar, what facilitates the international cooperation, which is for the purpose of prevention and prosecution of money laundering offences particularly important.

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