Paris, 14 October 2025 - The fourth Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary under the Mexican Presidency of Elisa de Anda Madrazo will take place on 22 – 24 October 2025. The Plenary concludes FATF Week, which starts on 20 October.

Delegates from across the Global Network of more than 200 jurisdictions and observers will attend the Working Group and Plenary meetings and address key issues in the fight against illicit finance.

This Plenary will mark the first discussions under the FATF’s new round of mutual evaluations of countries’ measures to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. Actions taken by Belgium and Malaysia – the first countries to be assessed - will be discussed by the Global Network.  

The Plenary is expected to discuss a wide range of topics related to the fight against financial crime, including ongoing work to help countries strengthen asset recovery efforts around the world and progress made by jurisdictions under increased monitoring.

For the first time, Nigeria and Jamaica will participate in the meetings as guest jurisdictions, joining Kenya under the Guest Initiative, which aims to broaden regional perspectives at FATF meetings.

A summary of the Plenary outcomes will be published on the FATF website following the conclusion of the meeting at the end of the week.

 

Press Conference

On Friday 24 October, the FATF President will hold a virtual press conference to announce the outcomes of the Plenary. The press conference is scheduled for 16:45 CEST.

Journalists who wish to register for the virtual press conference can do so by contacting the FATF media team at media@fatf-gafi.org by 16:00 CEST on Thursday 23 October.

The recorded press conference can be viewed on Youtube.

 

Notes to editors:

1.      Embargoed materials will be available following the conclusion of the Plenary. Journalists can email media@fatf-gafi.org to request to receive these.

2.      Any mutual evaluation reports approved at FATF plenaries are published following a quality and consistency review period.