FATF 40 Recommendations
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations on International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. The global standard for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT). Adopted 2012, regularly updated. 40 Recommendations organized across 7 thematic groups.
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Framework Domains (19)
A. AML/CFT Policies and Coordination
Recommendations 1-2: National policies, coordination, and risk assessment
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R1 | Assessing Risks and Applying a Risk-Based Approach |
| FATF-R2 | National Cooperation and Coordination |
AML/CFT Policies
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.1 | Risk-Based Approach |
| R.2 | National Cooperation |
B. Money Laundering and Confiscation
Recommendations 3-4: Criminalization and provisional measures
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R3 | Money Laundering Offence |
| FATF-R4 | Confiscation and Provisional Measures |
BO
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.24 | Transparency of Legal Persons |
| R.25 | Transparency of Legal Arrangements |
C. Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing
Recommendations 5-8: Criminalisation and targeted financial sanctions
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R5 | Terrorist Financing Offence |
| FATF-R6 | Targeted Financial Sanctions Related to Terrorism |
| FATF-R7 | Targeted Financial Sanctions Related to Proliferation |
| FATF-R8 | Non-Profit Organisations |
Criminal Law
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.3 | Money Laundering Offence |
| R.4 | Confiscation |
D. Preventive Measures
Recommendations 9-23: Customer due diligence, record-keeping, reporting, and supervision
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R10 | Customer Due Diligence |
| FATF-R11 | Record Keeping |
| FATF-R12 | Politically Exposed Persons |
| FATF-R13 | Correspondent Banking |
| FATF-R14 | Money or Value Transfer Services |
| FATF-R15 | New Technologies |
| FATF-R16 | Wire Transfers |
| FATF-R17 | Reliance on Third Parties |
| FATF-R18 | Internal Controls and Foreign Branches and Subsidiaries |
| FATF-R19 | Higher-Risk Countries |
| FATF-R20 | Reporting of Suspicious Transactions |
| FATF-R21 | Tipping-Off and Confidentiality |
| FATF-R22 | DNFBPs: Customer Due Diligence |
| FATF-R23 | DNFBPs: Other Measures |
| FATF-R9 | Financial Institution Secrecy Laws |
DNFBP
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.22 | DNFBPs - Customer Due Diligence |
E. Transparency and Beneficial Ownership
Recommendations 24-25: Transparency of legal persons and arrangements
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R24 | Transparency and Beneficial Ownership of Legal Persons |
| FATF-R25 | Transparency and Beneficial Ownership of Legal Arrangements |
F. Powers and Responsibilities of Competent Authorities
Recommendations 26-35: Institutional measures, FIUs, law enforcement, and sanctions
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R26 | Regulation and Supervision of Financial Institutions |
| FATF-R27 | Powers of Supervisors |
| FATF-R28 | Regulation and Supervision of DNFBPs |
| FATF-R29 | Financial Intelligence Units |
| FATF-R30 | Responsibilities of Law Enforcement and Investigative Authorities |
| FATF-R31 | Powers of Law Enforcement and Investigative Authorities |
| FATF-R32 | Cash Couriers |
| FATF-R33 | Statistics |
| FATF-R34 | Guidance and Feedback |
| FATF-R35 | Sanctions |
G. International Cooperation
Recommendations 36-40: Mutual legal assistance, extradition, and international cooperation
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FATF-R36 | International Instruments |
| FATF-R37 | Mutual Legal Assistance |
| FATF-R38 | Mutual Legal Assistance: Freezing and Confiscation |
| FATF-R39 | Extradition |
| FATF-R40 | Other Forms of International Cooperation |
International
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.40 | International Cooperation |
NPO
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.8 | Non-Profit Organisations |
Operational
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.29 | Financial Intelligence Units |
Preventive
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.10 | Customer Due Diligence |
| R.11 | Record Keeping |
| R.12 | Politically Exposed Persons |
| R.13 | Correspondent Banking |
| R.14 | Money or Value Transfer Services |
| R.15 | New Technologies and Virtual Assets |
| R.16 | Wire Transfers |
| R.17 | Reliance on Third Parties |
| R.18 | Internal Controls and Foreign Branches |
| R.9 | Financial Institution Secrecy Laws |
Reporting
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.20 | Reporting of Suspicious Transactions |
Supervision
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.26 | Regulation and Supervision of FIs |
TF
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.5 | Terrorist Financing Offence |
TFS
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R.6 | Targeted Financial Sanctions - Terrorism |
| R.7 | Targeted Financial Sanctions - Proliferation |
Your Compliance Coverage
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EU Digital Markets Act
11%
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is FATF 40 Recommendations?
FATF 40 Recommendations is a compliance framework from International with 19 domains and 65 controls. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations on International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. The global standard for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT). Adopted 2012, regularly updated. 40 Recommendations organized across 7 thematic groups. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
How many controls does FATF 40 Recommendations have?
FATF 40 Recommendations has 65 controls organised across 19 domains. The largest domains are D. Preventive Measures (15 controls), F. Powers and Responsibilities of Competent Authorities (10 controls), Preventive (10 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
What frameworks does FATF 40 Recommendations map to?
FATF 40 Recommendations maps to 379 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are EU Digital Markets Act (11% coverage), UAE Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) Regulations (9% coverage), Singapore Payment Services Act 2019 (PSA) - Digital Payment Token Provisions (9% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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