FATF (Home)

9 Special Recommendations (SR) on Terrorist Financing (TF)

Send Send Print print

Recognising the vital importance of taking action to combat the financing of terrorism, the FATF has agreed these Recommendations, which, when combined with the FATF Forty Recommendations on money laundering, set out the basic framework to detect, prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism and terrorist acts. 

The 40+9 Recommendations, together with their interpretative notes, provide the international standards for combating money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF).

 I.

Ratification and implementation of UN instruments

 II.

 Criminalising the financing of terrorism and associated money laundering

 III.

 Freezing and confiscating terrorist assets

 IV.

 Reporting suspicious transactions related to terrorism

 V.

 International co-operation

 VI.

 Alternative remittance

 VII.

 Wire transfers

 VIII.

Non-profit organisations

 IX.

 Cash couriers


Download the IX Special Recommendations and their interpretative notes
pdf, 325Kb

 

 

Please note: the Special Recommendations numbered eight until 22 October 2004, when the ninth was adopted by the Plenary. Press Release

 
Also available:
Related documents:
Top of page
Quick Links

Best Practice Papers Guidance Documents Risk-Based Approach Guidance