During the first Plenary meeting of the US Presidency, delegates worked through a full agenda that included the discussion of the mutual evaluations of Israel and the United Kingdom, and actions taken by Austria, Denmark and Malaysia to strengthen their measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.
The FATF has amended its Standards to respond to the increasing use of virtual assets for money laundering and terrorist financing. This includes an amendment of the FATF Recommendations and Glossary to clarify to which businesses and activities apply in the case of virtual assets.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is achieving good results in fighting terrorist financing, but needs to focus more on pursuing larger scale money launderers and confiscating their assets.
Over 140 participants from the FinTech and RegTech sectors, financial institutions, and FATF members, associate members and observers attended the third FinTech and RegTech Forum on 4 and 5 September 2018, in Hangzhou, China.
To support financial innovation that is resiliant to money laundering and terrorist financing, the FATF has launched a new platform to share initiatives and developments for the benefit of governments and the private sector more broadly: FATF FinTech and RegTech Initiative
Le GAFI a identifié les juridictions qui présentent des défaillances stratégiques aux normes pour la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme (LBC/CFT).
Juridictions qui ont fait l’objet d’un appel du GAFI
Combatting terrorist financing is the top priority for the FATF, the intergovernmental body responsible for understanding terrorist financing risks, developing global standards and evaluating countries' compliance: FATF's focus on terrorist financing
Les Recommandations, les normes internationales sur la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme et de la prolifération (LBC/FT), et la méthodologie d'évaluation de l'efficacité des systèmes de LBC/FT.
