Air quality limit and guide values for sulphur dioxide and suspended particulates ? A European community directive

1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Smeets
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
European Community ◽  
Sulphur Dioxide ◽  
Suspended Particulates ◽  
European Community Directive ◽  
Guide Values ◽  
Community Directive

Improving the detection and reporting of suspicious financial transactions: the Spanish case

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Harry Clavijo Suntura
Keyword(s):  
European Community ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
External Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Community Directive ◽  
Control Body ◽  
Community Directive

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the obligation of regulated entities to detect unusual and suspicious transactions and to report them to external control bodies, as established by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, the European Community Directive and also the Spanish regulations for the Prevention of Money Laundering. This research paper also aims to create a model to identify and report suspicious transactions to improve financial institutions’ current procedures. Design/methodology/approach According to the Spanish regulations which comply with the FATF recommendations and the European Community Directive on the Prevention of Money Laundering, regulated entities must detect unusual and suspicious transactions. Within this framework, the present research work analyzes both criteria and procedures used by the regulated entities to report suspicious operations. It also assesses the efficiency of the reports sent to an external control body. For this purpose, both analytical and interpretative methods are used in this research paper. Findings In Spain, the current procedures followed by regulated entities to analyze unusual transactions are complex. This results in difficulties to report suspicious transactions involving money laundering. As a consequence, the cases of suspicious transactions reported to the external control body are often unclear and the related process is inefficient. Originality/value The creation of a harmonized model with the aim of detecting suspicious operations and analyzing them will improve the detection and the effectiveness of the suspicious operations procedure which are reported to the external control body. However, such unified model should take into account the currently used activities proposed by each financial institution.

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