European Union (EU) member states are making sluggish progress towards establishing the central beneficial ownership registers called for in the EU’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive, according to the Global Witness campaign group.

The directive requires all member states to set up a centralised register of the ultimate  owners of companies and make this information available to the public.

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