Preventing the misuse of virtual assets
Read more about the FATF's work to ensure that virtual assets don't become a 'virtual safe haven' for the financial transactions of criminals and terrorists.
Topic: FATF Recommendations
Topic: FATF Recommendations
The FATF Recommendations are the internationally endorsed global standards against money laundering and terrorist financing: they increase transparency and enable countries to successfully take action against illicit use of their financial system.
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FATF Standards
The FATF Recommendations, the international anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism and proliferation (AML/CFT) standards, and the FATF Methodology to assess the effectiveness of AML/CFT systems.
- FATF Recommendations 2012 - amended March 2022
- Methodology 2013 - amended October 2021
- Procedures for the FATF Fourth Round of AML/CFT Mutual Evaluations - amended January 2021
- Consolidated Processes and Procedures for Mutual Evaluations and Follow-Up (Universal Procedures) - amended January 2021
FATF action on terrorist finance
The FATF and FATF-Style Regional Bodies will work together with international organisations to develop proposals to strengthen all counter-terrorism financing tools and to ensure that they are working effectively.