The European School of Banking Management and the Italian School of Anti-Money Laundering: the 2019-20 academic year begins.

What's new in the Fifth EU Directive? A roundtable discussion on money laundering in the gaming sector will be held in Rome on Tuesday, with experts from the Guardia di Finanza, the Revenue Agency, and Unione Fiduciaria.

The main innovations of the Fifth EU Gaming Directive will be among the topics discussed during the roundtable scheduled in Rome on Tuesday, October 8, at 3:00 PM, as part of the inauguration of the 2019-2020 academic year of the "European School of Banking Management." Licensed companies are among those subject to the increasingly stringent and complex requirements. Experts from the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian Revenue Agency, Asso AML, and Unione Fiduciaria will discuss the topic.

General Michele Carbone, Commander of the Lazio Region of the Guardia di Finanza, will provide an updated overview of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism regulations, while Emiliano Marvulli, an official in the Revenue Agency's Office for Combating Tax Illegal Activities, will comment on the UIF/Bankitalia data relating to the gaming sector, as well as illustrating certain forms of money laundering in the sector and the powers of the Financial Administration over gaming providers. Fabrizio Vedana, Deputy Director General of Unione Fiduciaria, will outline the legislation on whistleblowing, i.e., reporting violations, while Vallefuoco, an attorney, will address the topic of cryptocurrencies and their relationship with gaming companies based abroad, as well as the changes to the sanctioning system established by the Fifth European Directive. Massimo Ferracci, Head of AML at Sepah Bank, will discuss the provisions on customer due diligence, including for gaming companies. The roundtable discussion will be coordinated by Tiziana Ballarini, PWC TLS lawyers and accountants and president of Asso AML. Shortly beforehand, the School's director, Sergio Silvestri, and the CEO of EM-RISK Servizi Italia, Enrico Ciprian, will inaugurate the academic year.