Reference Guide to Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Second Edition and Supplement on Special Recommendation IX

This second edition of the Reference Guide is a comprehensive source of practical information on how countries can fight money laundering and terrorist financing. Aimed at helping countries understand the new international standards, it discusses the problems caused by these crimes, the specific actions countries need to take to address them, and the role international organizations play in the process. The Reference Guide is a valuable tool for establishing effective regimes to successfully prevent, detect, and prosecute money laundering and terrorist financing.

Introduction:
How to Use this Reference Guide

This Second Edition of the Reference Guide is intended to serve as a single, comprehensive source of information for countries that wish to establish or improve their legal and institutional frameworks for anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT).

These issues have become increasingly important in a global economy where funds can be easily and immediately transferred from one financial institution to another, including transfers to institutions in different countries. The international community is relying upon all countries to establish effective AML/CFT regimes that are capable of successfully preventing, detecting and prosecuting money laundering and terrorist financing in order to fight the devastating economic and social consequences of these criminal activities. ...

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Paperback: 288 pages
Author: Paul Allan Schott
Publisher: World Bank Publications; 2 Sup edition (January 31, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821365134
ISBN-13: 978-0821365137

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Efforts to launder money and finance terrorism have been evolving rapidly in recent years in response to heightened countermeasures. The international community has witnessed the use of increasingly sophisticated methods to move illicit funds through financial systems across the globe and has acknowledged the need for improved multilateral cooperation to fight these criminal activities.

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund developed this second edition of the Reference Guide to Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism to help countries understand the new international standards. The Reference Guide will hopefully serve as a single, comprehensive source of practical information for countries to fight money laundering and terrorist financing. It discusses the problems caused by these crimes, the specific actions countries need to take to address them and the role international organizations, such as the Bank and the Fund, play in the process. ...

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