Whereas the information received by the authorities pursuant to this Directive may be used only in connection with combating money laundering; whereas Member States may nevertheless provide that this information may be used for other purposes.
The above sentence is very complicated. Please provide me a simplified synonymous version consisting of multiple sentences:
The information that the authorities receive under this directive may only be used to combat money laundering . However , Member States may provide that this information may be used for other purposes .