General Information Belgium

Belgium

General information

• Surface : 30,500 square kilometers (source: United Nations - 2002)
• Total population : 10 399 720 inhabitants (source: United Nations - 2004)
• Gross domestic product (source: World Bank -2004):
  • GDP (purchasing power parity): USD 322.645 million
  • GDP (per capita): USD 31,360
• Membership :
  • FATF since 1990
  • Observer organisations (to FATF): AfDB, AsDB, Egmont Group, EBRD, Europol, ECB, IADB, IAIS, IMF, IOSCO, Interpol, OAS (observer), OECD, UN, World Bank, WCO

Useful links

• Lead Ministry/Authority in FATF Delegation
  • Cellule de Traitement des informations financières (CTIF-CFI) [Financial Intelligence Unit]  (nl-fr-en)

• Others Ministries/Authorities
  • Banking Finance and Insurance Commission (nl-fr-de)
  • Direction of security and prevention policies (nl-fr)
  • Federal Public Service of Justice (de-nl-fr)
  • Federal Public Service Finance (nl-fr-de-en)
  • High Council of justice (nl-fr-de-en)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (nl-fr-de-en)
  • Ministry of Justice (nl-fr-en)

• Other useful links
  • Belgium Law Online (nl-fr)
  • Belgium Federal Portal (nl-fr-de-en)