Money Laundering Offence Extended To All Predicate Offences

Money laundering now applies to all predicate offences. This then raises the question: what are the implications of this change to Luxembourg's Criminal Code?

A law voted through on 20 November 2025 and published in the Mémorial A n°556/2025 (Law¹) has redefined the offence of money laundering by both simplifying it and extending its scope of application, which was already broad.

To give a brief reminder, money laundering was made an offence in 1989 and at the time, was only aimed at tackling drug trafficking. Its scope was gradually extended to include terrorism and organised crime. Over the years, the list of predicate offences has grown. The Law is the final step in this chain of developments , as it states that every crime constitutes a predicate offence.