FATF Recommendations

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anti-money laundering standard counter-terrorist financing standard international standard policy framework

The FATF Recommendations are a globally recognized set of standards that guide countries in combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.

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Label	Occurrences
FATF Recommendations canonical	6
FATF 40 Recommendations	1
FATF Standards	1
Financial Action Task Force Recommendations	1
Interpretive Notes to the FATF Recommendations	1

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Target entity: FATF Recommendations
Context triple: [Groupe d’action financière, issues, FATF Recommendations]

A. FATF-style regional bodies
FATF-style regional bodies are intergovernmental organizations that mirror the Financial Action Task Force’s standards and methods at a regional level to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
B. Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism
The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) is a Council of Europe body that assesses member states’ compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
C. Financial Action Task Force
The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental body that develops and promotes global standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
D. European Union anti-money laundering directives
The European Union anti-money laundering directives are a series of EU-wide legal measures that require member states to prevent, detect, and prosecute money laundering and terrorist financing through harmonized rules for financial institutions and other obliged entities.
E. Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing
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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: FATF Recommendations
Target entity description: The FATF Recommendations are a globally recognized set of standards that guide countries in combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.

A. FATF-style regional bodies
FATF-style regional bodies are intergovernmental organizations that mirror the Financial Action Task Force’s standards and methods at a regional level to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
B. Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism
The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) is a Council of Europe body that assesses member states’ compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
C. Financial Action Task Force
The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental body that develops and promotes global standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
D. European Union anti-money laundering directives
The European Union anti-money laundering directives are a series of EU-wide legal measures that require member states to prevent, detect, and prosecute money laundering and terrorist financing through harmonized rules for financial institutions and other obliged entities.
E. Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-money laundering standard ⓘ counter-terrorist financing standard ⓘ international standard ⓘ policy framework ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FATF Recommendations ⓘ surface form: FATF 40 Recommendations FATF Recommendations ⓘ surface form: FATF Standards
appliedThrough	FATF mutual evaluation process ⓘ
componentCount	40 recommendations ⓘ
firstAdopted	1990 ⓘ
includes	correspondent banking requirements ⓘ customer due diligence requirements ⓘ internal controls and compliance programs ⓘ record-keeping requirements ⓘ requirements for accountants ⓘ requirements for casinos ⓘ requirements for dealers in precious metals and stones ⓘ requirements for lawyers, notaries and other independent legal professionals ⓘ requirements for money or value transfer services ⓘ requirements for real estate agents ⓘ requirements on new technologies and virtual assets (via later updates and guidance) ⓘ requirements on non-profit organizations ⓘ requirements on politically exposed persons ⓘ risk-based approach requirement ⓘ suspicious transaction reporting requirements ⓘ targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation ⓘ targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing ⓘ wire transfer transparency requirements ⓘ
influenceOn	national AML/CFT laws ⓘ regional AML/CFT standards ⓘ
issuedBy	Financial Action Task Force ⓘ
jurisdiction	global ⓘ
majorRevision	1996 ⓘ 2003 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ
purpose	combat money laundering ⓘ combat proliferation financing ⓘ combat terrorist financing ⓘ protect integrity of the international financial system ⓘ
recognizedBy	International Monetary Fund ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ World Bank ⓘ
scope	criminal justice and law enforcement measures ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ powers and responsibilities of competent authorities ⓘ preventive measures for designated non-financial businesses and professions ⓘ preventive measures for financial institutions ⓘ transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements ⓘ transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons ⓘ
updatedFor	emerging risks ⓘ proliferation financing ⓘ terrorist financing ⓘ

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

Groupe d’action financière → issues → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

GAFI → issuesDocument → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interpretive Notes to the FATF Recommendations

Working Group on Evaluations and Compliance → usesStandard → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

Policy Development Group → usesInstrument → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

International Cooperation Review Group → usesInstrument → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism → usesStandards → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Financial Action Task Force Recommendations

FATF-style regional bodies → appliesStandards → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

FATF Recommendations → alsoKnownAs → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

this entity surface form: FATF 40 Recommendations

FATF Recommendations → alsoKnownAs → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

this entity surface form: FATF Standards

FATF Plenary → adopts → FATF Recommendations ⓘ

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