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Methods & Trends
Money laundering is an evolving activity, the trends of which will continue to be monitored. FATF members gather information on and knowledge of methods and trends (e.g. the use by criminals of sophisticated and complex ways to legitimise illegal assets, the professionalism of the process, the use of various sectors of the financial system and of the economy, and the recourse to new geographical routes) so as to ensure that the Forty Recommendations remain up to date and effective.
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14-Aug-2008
This report analyses the threat of proliferation financing and the methodologies used by the proliferators and facilitators, and provides options to strengthen safeguards against this activity.
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10-Jul-2008
This report focuses on the type of electronic commerce identified as the most vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF): mediated customer-to-customer. The report also provides a number of case studies illustrating how mediated customer-to-customer systems can be exploited for ML/TF purposes.
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07-Jul-2008
Drawing upon some current examples of national threat assessments, this report sets out key factors to be considered, including sources of data and type of assessment: risk, threat or vulnerability.
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29-May-2008
The FATF issues its typologies report on the real estate sector. This first FATF in-depth study of the sector examines its vulnerabilities to misuse for money laundering and terrorist financing.
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14-Mar-2008
This study examines the means used by terrorists to raise funds and the wide variety of methods used to move money within and between organisations. The adaptability and opportunism shown by terrorist organisations suggests that all the methods that exist to move money around the globe are to some extent at risk.
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pdf,544Kb,English | View long abstract
30-Mar-2007
The report identifies the global impact of money laundering generated by the fraud and details the characteristics of the money laundering cycle from the proceeds of the fraud to investment into legitimate economy.
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pdf,917Kb,English | View long abstract
17-Apr-2007
This study enhances previous research into ML techniques in South America and seeks to identify current ML typologies – methods used to launder money using the international funds or value.
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pdf,1004Kb,English | View long abstract
10-Jun-2005
Thematic studies of money laundering and terrorist financing methods.
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PDF,186Kb,English | View long abstract
02-Jul-2004
2003-2004 Report on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Typologies
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