Bekendtgørelse af lov om forebyggende foranstaltninger mod hvidvask og finansiering af terrorisme (hvidvaskloven) | A20240080729 — Denmark law | Esheria

Bekendtgørelse af lov om forebyggende foranstaltninger mod hvidvask og finansiering af terrorisme (hvidvaskloven)

This preamble says the law transposes parts of EU anti-money-laundering rules, includes some EU rules for practical reasons, and defines key terms like money laundering, terrorism financing, and virtual currency.

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Jurisdiction
Denmark
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
A20240080729
Status
Not in force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
da
Updated
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About this statute

This preamble says the law transposes parts of EU anti-money-laundering rules, includes some EU rules for practical reasons, and defines key terms like money laundering, terrorism financing, and virtual currency. This provision bans certain large cash payments, requires suspected fake notes and coins to be removed from circulation and handed to police, bans use of 500-euro notes in Denmark, and sets customer-due-diligence, risk, and internal-control duties for covered businesses and persons. Virksomheder og personer omfattet af loven skal følge flere AML/KYC-krav, herunder skærpet kundekendskab i risikofyldte situationer, begrænset brug af personoplysninger, indberetning af visse uoverensstemmelser og forbud mod korrespondentforbindelser med tomme bankselskaber. Companies and individuals must report suspected money laundering or terrorist financing to Hvidvasksekretariatet, and in some cases stop transactions until reporting and approval rules are met. Virksomheder og nøglepersoner må ikke gengælde mod ansatte eller tidligere ansatte, der indberetter forhold om hvidvask eller terrorfinansiering, og visse oplysninger om underretninger skal holdes hemmelige.