FATF and Anti-Terror Financing Mechanisms

The global fight against terror financing is anchored in the Financial Action Task Force, which sets international standards for Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). Its monitoring and compliance framework is central to disciplining state behaviour and disrupting terror networks.

Monitoring and Compliance Mechanisms

  • 40 Recommendations Framework: The FATF prescribes comprehensive standards covering customer due diligence (CDD), beneficial ownership, suspicious transaction reports, and asset freezing.
  • Mutual Evaluation Process (MEP): Periodic peer reviews assess technical compliance and effectiveness of national AML/CFT regimes.
  • Grey/Black Listing: “Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring (Grey List)” and “High-Risk (Black List)” create economic and reputational pressure to comply. ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now

To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here


Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.

Related Content

Security