European lawyers look to be safe from criminal sanctions for alerting clients that they are the subject of a reported suspicious financial transaction, under the new money laundering directive.
In a key concession, the European Parliament last month supported an amendment to the directive which will allow solicitors to claim the defence of legal privilege if they ‘tip off’ clients that they have made a report of a suspicious transaction to the national authorities.
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