Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing

E357702

Council of Europe convention family international legal instrument framework international treaty regime

The Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing are international legal instruments that set common standards for preventing, criminalizing, and cooperating against money laundering and the financing of terrorism among member states.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3438738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing
Context triple: [Council of Europe treaty monitoring system, monitors, Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing]

A. Financial Regulations of the Council of Europe
The Financial Regulations of the Council of Europe are the internal legal and procedural rules that govern how the Council’s budget is prepared, managed, controlled, and reported.
B. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is a major international treaty that provides a comprehensive legal framework for countries to cooperate in preventing and combating organized criminal activities that cross national borders.
C. Europol Convention
The Europol Convention was the international agreement that originally established and governed the operations of the European Police Office before it was replaced by the current Europol framework under EU law.
D. United Nations crime suppression conventions
The United Nations crime suppression conventions are a series of international treaties aimed at preventing and punishing serious transnational and international crimes, including genocide, organized crime, corruption, and trafficking.
E. United Nations Convention against Corruption
The United Nations Convention against Corruption is a global, legally binding treaty that sets comprehensive standards and measures for preventing, criminalizing, and combating corruption in both public and private sectors.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing
Target entity description: The Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing are international legal instruments that set common standards for preventing, criminalizing, and cooperating against money laundering and the financing of terrorism among member states.

A. Financial Regulations of the Council of Europe
The Financial Regulations of the Council of Europe are the internal legal and procedural rules that govern how the Council’s budget is prepared, managed, controlled, and reported.
B. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is a major international treaty that provides a comprehensive legal framework for countries to cooperate in preventing and combating organized criminal activities that cross national borders.
C. Europol Convention
The Europol Convention was the international agreement that originally established and governed the operations of the European Police Office before it was replaced by the current Europol framework under EU law.
D. United Nations crime suppression conventions
The United Nations crime suppression conventions are a series of international treaties aimed at preventing and punishing serious transnational and international crimes, including genocide, organized crime, corruption, and trafficking.
E. United Nations Convention against Corruption
The United Nations Convention against Corruption is a global, legally binding treaty that sets comprehensive standards and measures for preventing, criminalizing, and combating corruption in both public and private sectors.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe convention family ⓘ international legal instrument framework ⓘ international treaty regime ⓘ
aimsTo	facilitate international cooperation in confiscation of proceeds of crime ⓘ facilitate international cooperation in investigations ⓘ facilitate international cooperation in prosecutions ⓘ harmonize criminalization of money laundering ⓘ harmonize criminalization of terrorist financing ⓘ prevent financing of terrorism ⓘ prevent money laundering ⓘ
appliesTo	Council of Europe member states ⓘ
basedOn	Council of Europe criminal law conventions ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards ⓘ International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ surface form: United Nations conventions against terrorism financing United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime ⓘ surface form: United Nations conventions against transnational organized crime
developedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
hasPart	Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime (CETS No. 141) ⓘ Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 198) ⓘ
legalArea	asset confiscation ⓘ international criminal law ⓘ money laundering ⓘ mutual legal assistance in criminal matters ⓘ terrorist financing ⓘ
monitoredBy	Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ surface form: Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)
objective	combat organized crime financing ⓘ combat terrorism financing ⓘ protect integrity of financial systems ⓘ
openTo	non-member states ⓘ
promotes	effective investigation of money laundering ⓘ effective investigation of terrorist financing ⓘ exchange of information between states ⓘ international judicial cooperation ⓘ
relatedTo	European human rights standards ⓘ rule of law in financial systems ⓘ
requires	criminalization of laundering of proceeds of serious crime ⓘ customer due diligence by financial institutions ⓘ establishment of preventive measures in the financial sector ⓘ international cooperation in confiscating proceeds of crime ⓘ international cooperation in freezing proceeds of crime ⓘ international cooperation in tracing proceeds of crime ⓘ suspicious transaction reporting ⓘ
setsStandardFor	confiscation of proceeds of crime ⓘ criminalization of money laundering ⓘ criminalization of terrorist financing ⓘ extradition in money laundering cases ⓘ extradition in terrorist financing cases ⓘ freezing of assets ⓘ international cooperation between financial intelligence units ⓘ mutual legal assistance ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Europe treaty monitoring system → monitors → Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing ⓘ

Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism → usesStandards → Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing ⓘ

All labels observed (1)

How this entity was disambiguated Show

Statements (49)

How these facts were elicited Show

Referenced by (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited