The first Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary under the two-year Mexico Presidency of Elisa de Anda Madrazo concluded today. Delegates discussed key issues including the promotion of financial inclusion and the risk-based approach, a key priority of the FATF under its Mexican Presidency.?

The FATF has made major changes to the criteria for putting countries on its grey list to relieve pressures on least developed countries and focus on those countries posing greater risks to the international financial system.

This e-book is a key highlight of the Women in FATF and the Global Network initiative, launched by the Singapore FATF Presidency?

Corruption and money laundering are inextricably linked. Corrupt actors must launder bribes and misappropriated funds to enjoy their criminal profits. Through their role as gatekeepers to the financial system, non-financial professionals can facilitate, unwittingly or wittingly, high-level corruption.

Targeted update on the implementation of the FATF standards on virtual assets (VA) and virtual asset service providers (VASP).

Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico assumes the Presidency of the FATF until June 2026 and is committed to continue and strengthen FATF’s efforts to tackle the financial flows that fuel crime and terrorism and disrupt our safety, economic stability and sustainable growth. ?

The Ministers of the FATF met for their biannual meeting in Washington D.C. on 18 April 2024.