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''Anti money laundering''.
(FATF).  
(FATF).  


''Anti money laundering.''
An inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of policies - both at national and international levels - to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.  
 


An inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of policies, both at national and international levels, to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.  
The FATF issued a number of recommendations - the 40 Recommendations and nine Special Recommendations on Terrorist financing - which form the basis of most countries’ anti money laundering legislation.


The original Recommendations were subsequently updated and consolidated, to form the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation.


The FATF issued a number of recommendations - the 40 Recommendations - which now form the basis of most countries’ anti money laundering legislation, and nine Special Recommendations on Terrorist financing. 


The original Recommendations were subsequently updated and integrated to form the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation.  
May also known by its French name, Groupe d'action financière (GAFI).




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Financial ]]
* [[Financial Intelligence Units]]
* [[Financial Intelligence Units]]
* [[Money laundering]]
* [[Money laundering]]
* [[Standardised corporate environment]]
* [[Standardised corporate environment]]
* [[Terrorist financing]]
* [[Travel rule]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Context_of_treasury]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 5 October 2023

Anti money laundering.

(FATF).

An inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of policies - both at national and international levels - to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.


The FATF issued a number of recommendations - the 40 Recommendations and nine Special Recommendations on Terrorist financing - which form the basis of most countries’ anti money laundering legislation.

The original Recommendations were subsequently updated and consolidated, to form the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation.


May also known by its French name, Groupe d'action financière (GAFI).


See also