Technical Compliance
Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.
C = compliant | LC = largely compliant | PC = partially compliant | NC = non-compliant
Since the 2016 assessment of the effectiveness of the United States' measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, the country reported back to the FATF in 2020 on the actions it had taken to strengthen its AML/CFT framework. As a result, and to reflect this progress, the FATF rerated the United States on Recommendation 10 (Customer Due Diligence).
The United States is compliant on 9 of the 40 Recommendations and largely compliant on 22 of them. It remains partially compliant on 5 of the 40 Recommendations and not compliant on 4 of them. The United States remains in enhanced follow-up and will report back to the FATF on progress to strengthen its implementation of measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
In 2016, the FATF and APG assessed the effectiveness of the United States' measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and their compliance with FATF Recommendation. The report concluded that the United States has a well-developed and robust anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime through which it is effectively investigating and prosecuting money laundering and terrorist financing. However, the assessment also identifed serious gaps in the system that impede timely access to beneficial ownership information
Following this mutual evaluation, the United States reported back regularly about its progress in addressing the techical compliance deficiencies. However, this follow-up process does not focus on effectiveness. The effectiveness of the United States' actions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing will be assessed in the 5th round of mutual evaluations.
21 Apr 2022
20 Apr 2022
4 May 2020
31 Mar 2020
21 Jun 2019
12 Apr 2019
8 Apr 2019
27 Mar 2019
19 Oct 2018
18 Jul 2018
30 Nov 2016
21 Oct 2016
23 Jun 2006
1 Jul 1996