Long abstract

This report aims to assist countries to develop their own money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments and to increase the number of countries undertaking national assessments to enhance knowledge at both national and international levels. Drawing upon some current examples of national threat assessments, the report sets out key factors to be considered, including sources of data and type of assessment (risk, threat or vulnerability), measurement of law enforcement or regulatory effectiveness, and examples of national assessments of money laundering and terrorist financing. This will also contribute to a greater synergy between national approaches in order to facilitate the development of a global analysis of emerging threats.