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Frequently asked questions – Prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing We have compiled a list of questions and answers concerning the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. If you can’t find the answer you are lookin...

FATF (Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering) is an inter-governmental body operating under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD. FATF cooperates internationally to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Obliged entities Companies and professionals who can identify risks related to money laundering or terrorist financing or be expected to be exploited for these purposes are key to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. Such in...

Although the Anti-Money Laundering Act does not directly apply to non-profit organisations, you need to comprehensively respond to customer due diligence questions.

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior are the ministries responsible for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Other key ministries involved in this work are the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

The regulations that seek to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing consist of national legislation and European and international regulations.

Contact information This page contains links to contact details that may be useful if you need more information on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing Do you suspect money laundering? If you are an obliged entity, you must i...

Terrorist financing Terrorist financing means the provision or collection of funds, directly or indirectly, to commit a terrorist offence. Financing or attempting to finance a terrorist group or an individual terrorist is punishable. Financing of ...

A money launderer seeks to obliterate the origin of money obtained through criminal activity so that the money appears legitimately obtained. The money is circulated through a legal payment system in order to conceal its true nature, origin and owners.

10.10.2024 | The Ministry of the Interior is requesting comments on a draft proposal for amending the Act on the Bank and Payment Account Monitoring System. The consultation round ends on 21 November 2024.

24.10.2023 | The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is ending Finland’s enhanced follow-up process. Finland will continue to improve prevention efforts by enhancing exchange of information.

8.2.2024 | Unofficial international money remittances involve a very high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. In addition, public authorities responsible for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism and other key actors consider the risk to be high for virtual currency providers, banks and payment service providers.

19.12.2024 | Action Plan for Tackling the Grey Economy and Economic Crime 2024–2027 Action Plan 2024–2027 On 17 May 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment issued a deci- sion to set up a preparatory group for updating the Strategy and Action Pla...

21.4.2022 | The Financial Action Task force (FATF) is holding a ministerial meeting in Washington on Thursday, 21 April. Finland will be represented by Permanent Under-Secretary Leena Mörttinen.

22.4.2022 | The Financial Action Task force (FATF) held a ministerial meeting in Washington on Thursday, 21 April. Finland was represented by Permanent Under-Secretary Leena Mörttinen.

11.11.2024 | Cashing Out Joint report by the Nordic countries on cross-border money laundering via cash transportation Foreword As the global economy is getting more and more digitized, criminals are still using cash to carry out their criminal activity, as ca...

16.8.2021 | Page 1 of 4 NON-FACE-TO-FACE IDENTIFICATION METHODS IN CUSTOMER DUE DILIGENCE AND VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY Non-face-to-face identification The need for digital non-face-to-face identification has been growing for some time now, as services are pro...

19.12.2024 | GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION ON A STRATEGY FOR TACKLING THE GREY ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC CRIME FOR 2024–2027 Executive summary In May 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment set up a preparatory group to update the Strategy and Action Plan for...

28.10.2021 | The European Commission issued a proposal for amending the Directive on access to financial information on 20 July. The amendment would allow the competent authorities of the EU Member States to access centralised bank account registries. The Government expressed its position on the proposal in its communications submitted to Parliament on 28 October.