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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of national and international policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF is therefore a 'policy-making body' created in 1989 that works to generate the necessary political will to bring about legislative and regulatory reforms in these areas. The FATF has published 40 + 9 Recommendations in order to meet this objective.
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17-Nov-2008
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) have jointly assessed the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures of Japan for compliance with the FATF Standards. Click here to download a copy of the Executive Summary and the full report.
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28-Oct-2008
In October 2008, the FATF adopted Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach (RBA) to combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing for casinos. This Guidance was developed by the FATF in close consultation with representatives from the casinos sector. This guidance supports development of a common understanding of what the RBA involves, outlines high-levels principles involved in applying the RBA, and indicates good practice for governments and legal professionals in the design and implementation of an effective RBA.
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28-Oct-2008
In October 2008, the FATF adopted Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach (RBA) to Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing for Legal Professionals. This Guidance was developed by the FATF in close consultation with representatives of the legal and notarial profession. This guidance supports development of a common understanding of what the RBA involves, outlines high-levels principles involved in applying the RBA, and indicates good practice for governments and legal professionals in the design and implementation of an effective RBA.
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20-Oct-2008
This guidance aims to assist jurisdictions in implementing the financial provisions of paragraph 10 of United Nations Security Council Resolution (S/RES/)1803(2008).
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17-Oct-2008
Key outcomes from the FATF Plenary meeting held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 15-17 October 2008.
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16-Oct-2008
During the FATF Plenary XX in Rio de Janeiro, the FATF issued a statement concerning Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and São Tome and Principe and the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing improvements in the northern part of Cyprus.
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01-Oct-2008
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Eurasian Group (EAG) and Moneyval have jointly assessed the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures of the Russian Federation for compliance with the FATF Standards. Click here to download a copy of the summary and the full report.
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25-Aug-2008
Keynote Address by Antonio Gustavo Rodrigues, FATF President, to the 8th Eastern and South African Anti Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) Council of Ministers Meeting in Mombasa, Kenya on 22 August 2008.
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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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14-Aug-2008
This report details the achievements of the FATF over the 2007-2008 year.
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04-Aug-2008
This Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach (RBA) to combating money laundering and terrorist financing was developed by the FATF in close consultation with representatives of the TCSPs industries. The guidance supports development of a common understanding of what the RBA involves, outlines high-level principles involved in applying the RBA, and indicates good public and private sector practice in the design and implementation of an effective RBA.
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04-Aug-2008
This Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach to combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing was developed by the FATF in close consultation with representatives of the accountants industry. The Guidance supports the development of a common understanding of what the risk-based approach involves, outlines the high-level principles involved in applying the risk-based approach, and indicates good public and private sector practice in the design and implementation of an effective risk-based approach.
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04-Aug-2008
This Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach to combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing was developed by the FATF in close consultation with representatives of the real estate industry. The Guidance supports the development of a common understanding of what the risk-based approach involves, outlines the high-level principles involved in applying the risk-based approach, and indicates good public and private sector practice in the design and implementation of an effective risk-based approach.
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21-Jul-2008
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has completed an assessment of the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) standards in Hong Kong, China. A summary of this report was published on 27 June 2008.
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21-Jul-2008
An address by Antonio Gustavo Rodrigues, the FATF President, to the annual meeting of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) on 8 July 2008 in Bali, Indonesia.
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15-Jul-2008
This Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach to combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing was developed by the FATF in close consultation with representatives of the dealers in precious metals and dealers in precious stones industries. The Guidance supports the development of a common understanding of what the risk-based approach involves, outlines the high-level principles involved in applying the risk-based approach, and indicates good public and private sector practice in the design and implementation of an effective risk-based approach.
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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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02-Jul-2008
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Eurasian Group (EAG) and Moneyval have jointly assessed the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures of the Russian Federation for compliance with the FATF standards.
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01-Jul-2008
The FATF has issued a new best practices paper on trade based money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) to raise awareness and improve the ability of government authorities to collect and effectively use trade data, domestically and internationally, for the purpose of detecting and investigating money laundering and terrorist financing through international trade. Misuse of the trade system is one of the main methods by which criminal organisations and terrorist financiers move money for the purpose of disguising its origins and integrating it into the formal economy.
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