On 4 November 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued Asset Recovery Guidance and Best Practices.
The FATF revised its Recommendations on asset recovery and related international co-operation in October 2023 and made corresponding changes to the FATF Assessment Methodology in June 2024. These changes signal that asset recovery must become
On 22 July 2025, the Wolfsberg Group issued a statement which re-establishes its commitment to the risk-based-approach (RBA). It includes a pledge to update the Wolfsberg Group’s 2006 RBA guidance, along with other documents that touch on the RBA, such as the 2015 FAQs on risk assessments.
On 26 February 2025, the Financial Action task Force (FATF) issued a public consultation seeking input on best practices in mitigating proliferation financing risks. The consultation is intended to help FATF produce a report that will improve country and private sector understanding of current proliferation financing risks. This will cover the evasion techniques
On 9 July 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report which provides the latest update on jurisdictions’ compliance with FATF’s Recommendation 15 and its Interpretative Note. In 2019 Recommendation 15 was updated to apply anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) measures to virtual assets (VAs) and
On 16 November 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) updated its best practices on combating the abuse of non-profit organisations (NPOs). The update follows the revisions that the FATF made earlier this year to Recommendation 8 that aim to protect NPOs from potential terrorist financing abuse through the effective implementation
On 27 June 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report, Targeted update on implementation of the FATF standards on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers.
In October 2018, the FATF updated Recommendation 15 (R.15) to extend anti-money laundering / countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT
On 26 June 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the outcomes from the FATF Plenary, which took place on 21-23 June 2023.
Delegates from over 200 jurisdictions of the Global Network and observers from international organisations participated in these discussions at the FATF headquarters in Paris.
The outcomes of the discussions
On 10 March 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published updated Recommendations which were adopted at its plenary on 15 February 2023. The FATF has reviewed and updated the FATF Recommendations, in close co-operation with the FATF-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs) and the observer organisations, including the International Monetary Fund, the
On 14 March 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report on countering ransomware financing.
The report analyses the methods that criminals use to carry out their ransomware attacks and how payments are made and laundered. The report highlights that criminals are almost exclusively using crypto, or virtual assets and have