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It is nearly 3 years to the day since the U.K anti-money laundering legislation was significantly amended and consolidated with the implementation of the Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002(POCA).It is only a matter of days before the 2nd European Directive, the so called EUgatekeepers initiative, will be implemented in the United Kingdom by the much Money Laundering Regulations 2003.The few years consultation and implementation period ends on the 1st March. There is little doubt that the impetus behind the drive of governments worldwide to implement legislation to combat money laundering was given extra force by the events of September 11 2001.To this end attention has increasingly focused non gatekeepers the professionals such as lawyers, tax advisers and accountants who have become as essential resource to the criminals who nee to clean huge sums of money made from the proceeds of crime. All EU members will have to implement the directive, including...

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