National legislation that is “tightening up” on money laundering and terrorist financing operations has entered into force in 2019, and the real estate industry is committed to complying with the new regulation to prevent such moments earlier this year when the European Commission brought infringement proceedings against Portugal for failure to transpose EU rules against money laundering and terrorist financing - Directive 2015/849.
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