TITLE: Ukraine Parliament Registers Bill to Amend Anti-Money Laundering Legislation on Politically Exposed Persons
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On May 15, 2026, the Ukraine Parliament registered Bill No. 15252 proposing amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention and Counteraction to Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction."
The bill aims to improve legal regulation governing the servicing of clients who are politically exposed persons (PEPs). The proposed amendments fall under the economic policy category and represent an update to Ukraine's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) framework.
The bill was initiated by 20 members of the Ukraine Parliament from the ninth convocation, including Oleksandr Fediyenko, Serhiy Velmozhnyy, Volodymyr Vatras, Olesya Otradnova, Valery Zub, Mykyta Poturaev, Vitaliy Voytsekhovskiy, Yulia Didenko, Halyna Tretyakova, Ruslan Horbenko, Mykhaylo Laba, Oleg Arsenyuk, Hanna Bondar, Serhiy Kozyr, Anatoly Ostapenko, Elizaveta Bogutska, Maksym Tkachenko, Yuriy Kamelchuk, Anatoly Kostyukh, and Andriy Klochko.
The bill was received by the Ukraine Parliament on May 15, 2026, and transmitted to parliamentary leadership on the same date for consideration during the 15th session of the ninth convocation.
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Ukraine Parliament – Registered Bills: Bill No. 15252