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Anti-money laundering legislation and procedures in Luxembourg

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Anti-money laundering legislation and procedures in Luxembourg


Outline of the document :

  • Objectives of laws, directives and circulars
  • Essential texts
  • Money laundering: definitions
  • Terrorist financing: definitions
  • Money laundering
  • Money laundering: study of the offence
  • Simple tax fraud / money laundering
  • Tax fraud: legal definitions
  • Tax fraud: criminal penalties under Luxembourg law
  • Distinction between simple tax fraud and tax fraud punishable under criminal law
  • Due diligence obligations as defined by the CSSF in tax matters
  • Measures to be implemented by the professional accountant
  • Notion of beneficial owner for companies (Art. 1 §7 law of 12 November 2004)
  • Notion of beneficial owner for trusts (Art. 1 §7 law 2004)
  • The impact of foreign criminal law for the Luxembourg professional
  • Foreign territorial criminal jurisdiction
  • Territorial jurisdiction
  • Tax fraud laundering
  • Tax arrangements
  • Penalties
  • Preventive defences