Koen Roovers is EU advisor for the Financial Transparency Coalition, an international network of not-for-profit groups which advocates transparency and accountability in the global financial system. He was previously coalition coordinator of ALTER-EU.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU needs better anti-money laundering rules
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