This book is the first of a number Quaestor2000 hopes to bring out addressing a need amongst practitioners, students and researchers for structured access to the body of European Communities/Union legislation on key topics. This material is, of course, accessible via the Official Journal of the European Union and the European Communities' online legislative database Eur-Lex. Even with full text search mechanisms, however, neither the Official Journal nor Eur-Lex addresses the need for a handy volume bringing all the texts together and facilitating access to the key provisions on money laundering by means of a professionally produced index. As the intention is to provide source materials, the editor has deliberately abstained from any form of commentary. The texts are up-to-date as of September 2008.