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FATF was formed at the 1989 G7 Summit in Paris to combat the growing problem of money laundering. The task force was charged with studying money laundering trends, monitoring legislative, financial and law enforcement activities taken at the national and international level, reporting on compliance, and issuing recommendations and standards to combat money laundering.
FATF has developed 40 recommendations on money laundering and 9 special recommendations regarding terrorist financing. FATF assesses each member country against these recommendations in published reports. Countries seen as not being sufficiently compliant with such recommendations are subjected to financial sanctions. [23] [24]
Crimes that are specific to anti-money laundering (AML) programs have been referred to as Predicate Offenses (or Predicate Crimes) since the establishment of the FATF 40 Recommendations in October, 2004. [5] Since 2004, the FATF have updated the 40 Recommendations to expand the list of predicate offences.
The country has abused recommendations provided internationally by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to crackdown on terrorism financing and money laundering under the Narendra Modi ...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organization established in 1989, primarily aimed at combating money laundering and terrorist financing. It functions as a policy-making body that develops and promotes standards for effective legislative, regulatory, and operational measures in this domain.
The current FATF Methodology was adopted in 2013 and is used by MONEYVAL to assess the technical compliance with the 40 FATF recommendations and the effectiveness of AML/CTF systems. For each recommendation, targeting a specific aspect of ML and CTF, ratings of technical compliance are assigned to a state or jurisdiction.
FATF works with nation-states to bring legislative changes and regulatory reforms in the aforementioned sectors. [4] In addition, the FATF also provides policy recommendations that meet international standards to countries for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The FATF blacklist was the common shorthand description for the Financial Action Task Force list of "Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories" (NCCTs). The effect of the FATF Blacklist has been significant and arguably has been more important in international efforts against money laundering than has the FATF Recommendations. [ 1 ]