Agenda Profile: Maris Lauri
Draft law amending the Law on Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (640 SE) - First Reading
2025-05-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Political Position
The political stance is strongly supportive of the government-initiated draft amendment to the Money Laundering Prevention Act (640 SE). The framing is policy-based, emphasizing the technical advantages of the new legislation in data analysis and anomaly detection, while simultaneously confirming that no new data access rights will be established.
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Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates competence regarding the technical aspects of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation and data analysis, employing terminology such as "bulk data analysis" and "to pseudonymize." This expertise is relevant to the work of the Finance Committee and the functions of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU/RAB), drawing upon explanations provided by the minister and the head of the RAB.
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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is formal, procedural, and neutrally informative, concentrating on providing a brief overview of the Finance Committee's discussions and consensus-based decisions. The tone is factual and concise, steering clear of emotional appeals or complicated rhetoric.
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Activity Patterns
The course of action involves summarizing the work of the main committee responsible for the legislative bill and submitting it to the plenary session, having been designated as the committee's representative. Specific reference is made to the debate that took place during the May 6th session and its subsequent inclusion on the plenary agenda for May 20th.
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Opposition Stance
Data is unavailable. No criticism is voiced, as the committee's decisions regarding the further processing of the draft were unanimous.
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Collaboration Style
The style of cooperation is consensual and inclusive, emphasizing that all commission decisions were unanimous. The collaboration involved bringing experts from government representatives (Minister Jürgen Ligi) and official authorities (Matis Mäeker, Head of the Money Laundering Data Bureau) into the discussion.
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Regional Focus
Data is missing. The focus is on national legislation in the area of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Economic Views
Economic perspectives center on strengthening financial regulation to curb illicit financial flows (money laundering and the financing of terrorism). There is an emphasis on risk identification and analysis, which indicates support for fiscal discipline and financial stability.
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Social Issues
Regarding social issues, the focus is on the balance between security (preventing the financing of terrorism) and data protection. It is emphasized that the new law allows data to be analyzed in bulk, but does not create any new right of access to new data.
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Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is on the draft bill (640 SE) for the amendment of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act. The speaker is a proponent of the bill and the driver of the proceedings, proposing the conclusion of the first reading and having been designated as the representative for the lead committee.
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