Press Release: Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme: Commission publishes report on joint EU-US review

Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has presented the outcome of the first EU-US review of the implementation of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme to the LIBE Committee in the European Parliament. The joint report provides a close and detailed look into how the agreement has been implemented since its entry into force on 1 August 2010 and whether the necessary elements have been put in place.

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ESO: Background Information: European Parliament resolution of 17 September 2009 on the envisaged international agreement to make available to the United States Treasury Department financial payment messaging data to prevent and combat terrorism and terrorist financing http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-resolution-of-17-september-2009-on-the-envisaged-international-agreement-to-make-available-to-the-united-states-treasury-department-financial-payment-messaging-data-to-prevent-and/

Europol: Press Release, 17.3.11: EU review endorses Europols implementation of TFTP agreement http://www.europol.europa.eu/index.asp?page=news&news=pr110317.htm

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