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''Anti money laundering.''
''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.  


FATF issued a number of recommendations - the 40 Recommendations, which formed the basis of most countries’ anti money laundering legislation plus 9 Special Recommendations on Terrorist financing.  The Recommendations were subsequently updated and integrated 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 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.  




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Revision as of 15:30, 20 January 2016

(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.


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.


See also