The German Bundestag passes a bill to expand customs' authority to seize crypto assets.

Germany’s Bundestag passed a bill on November 12 to strengthen customs enforcement and financial-crime controls, expanding authorities’ power to seize crypto assets when the lawful origin of assets is in reasonable doubt. The legislation also tightens oversight of cross-border digital transfer channels, reinforces customs’ financial intelligence unit, and broadens data sharing between the federal government and the states. It matters because customs will gain clearer legal grounds to act against suspect crypto holdings and transfers at the border, extending Germany’s AML framework beyond traditional financial institutions. Watch for the bill’s progress through the Bundesrat and subsequent implementation, plus how customs applies the “reasonable doubt” standard to on-chain assets and cross-border digital transfers.