Ireland's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

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10 February 2022 – Since the 2017 assessment of Ireland’s measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, and its 2019 follow-up report, the country has taken a number of action to strengthen its AML/CFT framework.

To reflect Ireland’s progress, the FATF has now re-rated the country on Recommendations 22 (DNFBPs: Customer due diligence), from partially compliant, to largely compliant. 

The report also looks at whether Ireland’s measures meet the requirements of FATF Recommendations that have changed since the 2017 mutual evaluation and 2019 follow-up report.  The FATF agreed to maintain the rating of largely compliant for Recommendation 15 (New Technologies).

Today, Ireland is compliant on 17 Recommendations of the 40 Recommendations and largely compliant on 17 of them. It remains partially compliant on 6 of the 40 Recommendations.

Ireland will continue to report back to the FATF on progress to strengthen its implementation of AML/CFT measures.  

Follow-up Report Ireland - 2022

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Technical Compliance

Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

Ireland Follow Up report - 2022

4th Round

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
LC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
C
R.3 - Money laundering offence
C
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
C
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
LC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
PC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
PC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
LC
R.11 - Record keeping
LC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
C
R.13 - Correspondent banking
PC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
LC
R.15 - New technologies
LC
R.16 - Wire transfers
C
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
LC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
LC
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
LC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
C
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
LC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
LC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
LC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
LC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
C
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
C
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
LC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
C
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.32 - Cash couriers
PC
R.33 - Statistics
PC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
C
R.35- Sanctions
LC
R.36 - International instruments
C
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
C
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
LC
R.39 - Extradition
C
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

C = compliant   |   LC = largely compliant     |   PC = partially compliant   |   NC = non-compliant

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