General Information Brazil

Brazil

General information

• Surface : 8 514 880 square kilometers (source: United Nations - 2002)
• Total population : 183 912 500 (source: United Nations - 2004)
• Gross domestic product (source: World Bank - 2004):
  • GDP (purchasing power parity): USD 1.482.859 million
  • GDP (per capita): USD 8,020
• Membership :
  • FATF since 2000
  • GAFISUD
  • Observer organisations (to FATF): AfDB, Egmont Group, IADB, IAIS, IMF, IOSCO, Interpol, OAS, UN, World Bank, WCO

Useful links

• Lead Ministry/Authority in FATF Delegation
  • Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF) [Financial Intelligence Unit] (pt-en)

• Others Ministries/Authorities
  • Brazilian Government (pt-es-en)
  • Ministry of Finance (pt)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (pt-es-en)
  • Ministry of Justice (pt)

• Other useful links
  • Brazilian Representative Chamber and Law Online (pt)