On 28 February 2017, the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted draft amendments to the EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive to broaden public access to beneficial ownership registries.
Access to beneficial ownership information formed part of the fourth anti-money laundering directive approved in May 2015 ({News-2015-05-21/A/4- previous coverage}), which requires that all EU Member States establish a …