Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Gerry Liston:
It is a really interesting question. Let us consider the money laundering legislation. It prohibits knowingly handling anything that is the proceeds of any crime of any kind. That includes war crimes that may be committed on the other side of the world. Money laundering relates to handling any property so it could apply to goods. The knowing importation of a good that is the proceeds of a crime is money laundering. It raises an issue in principle under EU law. In fact, money laundering legislation derives in large part from EU law, so it could never be the case that handling property that is a proceed of crime is not in some way a breach of EU law. The exact same principle should translate-----
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