The FATF currently comprises 34 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organisations, representing most major financial centres in all parts of the globe:

It has also never been listed on the FATF Blacklist of uncooperative countries in the fight against money laundering.

In any event, many countries are obligated by various international instruments and standards, such as the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the recommendations of the FATF to enact and enforce money laundering laws in an effort to stop narcotics trafficking, international organised crime, and corruption.

In April 1990, less than one year after its creation, the FATF issued a report containing a set of Forty Recommendations, which provide a comprehensive plan of action needed to fight against money laundering.

In 2001, the development of standards in the fight against terrorism financing was added to the mission of the FATF.

This was a list of 15 jurisdictions that, for one reason or another, FATF members believed were uncooperative with other jurisdictions in international efforts against money laundering ( and, later, terrorism financing ).

The effect of the FATF Blacklist has been significant, and arguably has proven more important in international efforts against money laundering than has the FATF Recommendations.

The FATF now calls upon all countries to take the necessary steps to bring their national systems for combating money laundering and terrorism financing into compliance with the new FATF Recommendations, and to effectively implement these measures.

The 40 recommendations of the FATF have also stated its importance as a crime prevention tool.

In February 2012, the FATF codified its recommendations and Interpretive Notes into one document that maintains SR VIII ( renamed “ Recommendation 8 ”), and also includes new rules on weapons of mass destruction, corruption and wire transfers (“ Recommendation 16 ”).

In October 2004 the FATF published a Ninth Special Recommendations, further strengthening the agreed international standards for combating money laundering and terrorism financing-the 40 + 9 Recommendations.

In February 2008 the FATF published a report on terrorist financing typologies “ to provide a contemporary snapshot of the ways in which terrorists raise, move and use funds ,” but it misrepresents the nonprofit sector as “ compromised or complicit ” with terrorist activities.

In December 2000, partly as a response to appearing the plenary FATF Blacklist, the government enacted a legislative package to better regulate the financial sector, including creation of a Financial Intelligence Unit and enforcement of " know-your-customer " rules.

In 2000, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering ( FATF ) stated: " The anti-money laundering system in Monaco is comprehensive.

" The Principality is no longer blamed in the 2005 FATF report, as well as all other territories.

Anti-money laundering guidelines came into prominence globally as a result of the formation of the Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ) and the promulgation of an international framework of anti-money laundering standards.

Formed in 1989 by the G7 countries, the FATF is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to develop and promote an international response to combat money laundering.

The FATF Secretariat is housed at the headquarters of the OECD in Paris.

In October 2001, FATF expanded its mission to include combating the financing of terrorism.

FATF is a policy-making body, which brings together legal, financial and law enforcement experts to achieve national legislation and regulatory AML and CFT reforms.

In addition, FATF works in collaboration with a number of international bodies and organizations.

These entities have observer status with FATF, which does not entitle them to vote, but permits full participation in plenary sessions and working groups.

FATF has developed 40 Recommendations on money laundering and 9 Special Recommendations regarding terrorist financing.

# Promoting the adoption and implementation of FATF anti-money laundering standards globally.

Through increasing cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ), Sudan took steps in 2010 to meet international standards in combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

The offshore regime in Cyprus for instance, although still maintaining low corporate tax and other benefits has successfully reformed all its financial sector legislation in line with international best practice, fully compliant with European Union directives, the OECD, Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ), and Financial Stability Forum ( FSF ); since EU accession.

The CBDT is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. It is India ’ s official Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering ( FATF ) unit. The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924.

Through his first term, he guided the Bahamas through a tumultuous period in the financial services sector, which ushered in sweeping changes to be made and imposed upon the Bahamas by international organizations such as the OECD and the FATF.

The Financial Action Task Force ( on Money Laundering ) ( FATF ), also known by its French name, Groupe d ' action financière ( GAFI ), is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7.

The purpose of the FATF is to develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.

The FATF Secretariat is housed at the headquarters of the OECD in Paris.

The organization ’ s annual Freedom in the World report, which assesses each country ’ s degree of political freedoms and civil liberties, is frequently cited by political scientists, journalists, and policy-makers.

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The Shapley value assigns a value for each predictor and assesses all possible combinations of importance.

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A grading judge assesses the quality of each figure flown according to well-defined criteria and assigns it a numerical score between 0 and 10.

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