Portugal
Law 4/2024 was published on January 15, amending the Portuguese Criminal Code and the Anti-economic and Public Health Offenses Regime
Law 4/2024 of January 15 (“Law 4/2024”):
- completes the transposition of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 5, 2017;
- broadens the scope of the crime of money laundering by introducing new predicate offenses;
- broadens the scope of the crime of embezzlement; and
- criminalizes the misuse of European Union (“EU”) funds.