FATF report to G20 Leaders' Summit

Paris, 3 December 2018 - The FATF published its report to the G20 Leaders' Summit Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 November - 1 December 2018.  The report sets out FATF’s ongoing work to fight money laundering and terrorist financing in the following areas:

• Strengthening the institutional basis, governance and capacity of FATF
• FATF's work programme on virtual assets
• Countering the financing of terrorism
• Countering the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
• Improving transparency and availability of beneficial ownership information
• Improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system: FATF engagement with judges and prosecutors
• Financial technologies, regulatory technologies : digital identity
• De-risking

G20 support for the work of the FATF is echoed in the G20 Leaders' Declaration. G20 members committed to 'regulate crypto-assets for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism in line with FATF standards' and to 'step up our efforts in fighting terrorist and proliferation financing, and money laundering'.  

More on:

FATF Report to the G20 Leaders' Summit

G20 Leaders’ declaration - Building consensus for fair and sustainable development

Regulation of virtual assets, October 2018

Concealment of beneficial ownership, July 2018

FATF Guidance on Counter Proliferation Financing - The Implementation of Financial Provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions to Counter the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, February 2018

FATF President's Paper: Anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing for judges and prosecutors, June 2018

Source: FATF, in 2018.12.03.