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The FATF has developed the following guidance and best practices to assist jurisdictions in their implementation of the FATF Recommendations.
Guidance Documents
Guidance on criminalising terrorist financing (Recommendation 5)
Published Date : 2016-11-02 -
File Size:
1.72 MB
FATF Recommendation 5 (R.5) and its Interpretive Note (INR.5) set out in detail the specific elements required to comply with the obligation to criminalise terrorist financing (TF) based on the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999) (the Terrorist Financing Convention) and relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs). However, R.5 contains elements which deliberately go beyond the various international legal obligations.
Guidance on correspondent banking services
Published Date : 2016-11-02 -
File Size:
2.02 MB
In the wake of the global financial crisis and countries’ response to it, the international community has been increasingly concerned about de-risking. The FATF understands this term to mean situations where financial institutions terminate or restrict business relationships with entire countries or classes of customer in order to avoid, rather than manage, risks in line with the FATF’s risk-based approach (RBA).
FATF adopted Guidance on Transparency and Beneficial Ownership
Published Date : 2014-10-27 -
File Size:
1.25 MB
The FATF has adopted guidance which will help policy makers and practitioners in national authorities to identify, design and implement risk-based measures to prevent the misuse of corporate vehicles for the purpose of money laundering, terrorist financing and other illicit purposes. These measures will also support efforts to prevent other serious crimes such as tax crimes and corruption. For more information
The Implementation of Financial Provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions to Counter the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Published Date : 2013-07-01 -
File Size:
0.51 MB
FATF Guidance: The Implementation of Financial Provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions to Counter the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Politically Exposed Persons (Recommendations 12 and 22)
Published Date : 2013-07-01 -
File Size:
1.03 MB
FATF Guidance: Politically Exposed Persons (Recommendations 12 and 22): A politically exposed person (PEP) is an individual who is or has been entrusted with a prominent function. Many PEPs hold positions that can be abused for the purpose of laundering illicit funds or other predicate offences such as corruption or bribery
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