EU Approves New Tools to Crack Down on Revenue Streams of Terrorist Groups After Recent Attacks

EU Approves New Tools to Crack Down on Revenue Streams of Terrorist Groups After Recent Attacks
Police inspect an area the day after a deadly terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 3, 2020. Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—European Union capitals approved a major crackdown on the revenue streams of terrorist groups on Nov. 4 after the continent was rocked by a string of new atrocities in France and Austria.

At a meeting held via video link due to the pandemic, finance ministers approved the creation of a new regulator that will have sweeping powers to combat money laundering across the bloc’s 27 member states.