FATF Newsletter and Brochure
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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. More
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The OECD will be closed May 8-12 2008
from 01-May-2008 to 12-May-2008
The OECD will be closed from May 8-12 2008 (Victory Day and Pentecost).
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12-Apr-2008
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer chaired a meeting of FATF Ministers in Washington DC today. The Ministers discussed the work of the FATF in the international fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. They also endorsed a revised mandate for the FATF, which determines its direction and priorities between 2008 and 2012.
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28-Mar-2008
The FATF revised in February 2008 its Methodology for Assessing Compliance with the FATF 40 + 9 Recommendations. It is the methodology followed in the mutual evaluation program to assess countries’ anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CFT) systems.
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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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12-Mar-2008
The FATF has revised its Interpretative Note to SR VII on measures for dealing with cross-border wire transfers. Special Recommendation VII (SR VII) was originally developed with the objective of preventing terrorists and other criminals from having unfettered access to wire transfers for moving their funds and for detecting such misuse when it occurs.
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07-Mar-2008
The Guidance set out within this document is primarily intended to support low capacity countries (LCCs) in implementing the FATF standards in a manner reflecting their national institutional systems, is consistent with the ML/FT risks they face, and takes account of their limited resources.
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pdf,51Kb,English | View long abstract
29-Feb-2008
Key outcomes from the FATF plenary meeting held in Paris, France, from 27-29 February 2008.
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pdf,34Kb,English | View long abstract
28-Feb-2008
The FATF is concerned about the lack of comprehensive AML/CFT systems in Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, São Tomé and Príncipe and the northern part of Cyprus.
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22-Apr-2008
29-Feb-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 Singapore.
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22-Apr-2008
29-Feb-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 Canada.
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