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Public Consultation on Recommendation 16 on Payment Transparency

FATF seeks views on a range of options for potential changes to Recommendation 16 and its Interpretive Note.

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FATF Week - February 2024

The fifth FATF Plenary under the two-year Singapore Presidency of T. Raja Kumar took place in Paris on 21-23 February.

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Amendments to the FATF Recommendations

The FATF Recommendations

The FATF released two substantial amendments to its Standards, providing stronger tools on asset recovery and to prevent the abuse of non-profit organisations for terrorist financing.

FATF Recommendations Asset recovery Non-profits

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FATF-INTERPOL Partnership: Igniting Global Change to Take the Profit Out of Crime

Virtual Assets: Targeted Update on Implementation of the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers

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Transparency and beneficial ownership

Beneficial Ownership

The FATF has finalised new guidance to improve transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons, and has updated its Recommendation 25 on legal arrangements.

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. It sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and the harm they cause to society. Find out more about the issues that the FATF is working on, such as:

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Private Sector Consultative Forum, April 2024

8 Apr 2024

The FATF’s annual Private Sector Consultative Forum provides an invaluable opportunity for the FATF and its members to directly interact with the private sector and civil society to strengthen partnerships in combatting money laundering and terrorist financing.

Status of implementation of Recommendation 15 by FATF Members and Jurisdictions with Materially Important VASP Activity

28 Mar 2024

This table shows the steps FATF members and FSRB jurisdictions with materially important virtually asset service providers (VASP) activity have taken to implement the FATF Standards in relation to regulating and supervising VASPs.

Australia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

27 Mar 2024

This is Australia's 4th Follow-Up report. It analyses Australia’s progress in addressing some of the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its Mutual Evaluation. Re-ratings are given where progress has been made.

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The FATF Recommendations

The FATF Recommendations are the basis on which all countries should meet the shared objective of tackling money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation. The FATF calls upon all countries to effectively implement these measures in their national systems.

FATF Methodology for assessing compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the effectiveness of AML/CFT systems

The FATF Methodology for assessing compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the effectiveness of AML/CFT systems sets out the evaluation process.

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The private sector plays a vital role in effectively detecting and preventing misuse of the financial system for money laundering, terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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Over 200 jurisdictions around the world have committed to the FATF Recommandations through the global network of FSRBS and FATF membership.

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Public Consultation on Recommendation 16 on Payment Transparency

FATF Week - February 2024

The FATF Recommendations

FATF-INTERPOL Partnership: Igniting Global Change to Take the Profit Out of Crime

Virtual Assets: Targeted Update on Implementation of the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers

Beneficial Ownership

Leading global action against money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Singapore Presidency of the FATF

Our topics

Latest News

Private Sector Consultative Forum, April 2024

Status of implementation of Recommendation 15 by FATF Members and Jurisdictions with Materially Important VASP Activity

Australia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

KEY CONTENT

The FATF Recommendations

FATF Methodology for assessing compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the effectiveness of AML/CFT systems

Information for the private sector

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