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The National Police Board has published an assessment of the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in slot machines in gambling operations in mainland Finland. This summary presents the most significant slot machine gambling-related money laundering risks as presented in the risk assessment conducted by the National Police Board’s Gambling Administration.

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

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...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published an analysis of anti-money laundering in Finland. At the request of the Nordic and Baltic countries, the IMF analysed threats and vulnerabilities stemming from money laundering and terrorist financing in the region. The results of the report were announced earlier.

Do the right thing Money laundering and terrorist financing can be prevented when authorities supervise the operators and situations that the legislation concerns. Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, obliged entities include many entrepreneurs th...

National cooperation Public authorities and other parties work together to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. National group for inter-authority cooperation on money laundering and terrorist financing The inter-authority coop...

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

23.10.2024 | The first national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing for non-profit organisations (NPOs) has been completed. In addition to the assessment of risks, it is aimed at increasing awareness of the Finnish NPO sector among obliged entities specified in the Act on Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, supervisory authorities as well as operators in the sector itself.

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...

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.

30.1.2025 | Centralen för utredning av penningtvätt vid Centralkriminalpolisen har utrett riskerna kring icke-vinstdrivande sammanslutningars och stiftelsers penninginsamlingar och småskaliga insamlingar. Enligt utredningen är risknivån i huvudsak rimlig, men hos enskilda sammanslutningar upptäcktes klart ökad risk för penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism.

12.11.2024 | Brottslingar kan i betydande grad utnyttja kontanttransport från ett land till ett annat vid penningtvätt, bedömer de nordiska myndigheterna i en gemensam rapport.

29.4.2021 | Obliged entities, which are entities with reporting and other obligations, do not always examine the background to customers' transactions or the source of funds adequately enough for the purpose of preventing money laundering. Finland’s national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing finds that all sectors experience challenges in identifying signs of terrorist financing.

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...

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...

At the request of the Nordic and Baltic countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has analysed threats and vulnerabilities stemming from money laundering and terrorist financing in their region.

Enligt lagen om förhindrande av penningtvätt och av finansiering av terrorism (444/2017, penningtvättslagen) ska den behöriga tillsynsmyndigheten göra en riskbedömning om riskerna för penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism hos rapporteringsskyldiga som om-fattas av tillsynen. Ett sammandrag av riskbedömningen ska publiceras.

Current issues This page features the latest news and press releases from the organisations that maintain the moneylaundering.fi website. Government continues to combat the shadow economy and economic crime Type: Press release Publication date: 19...

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) has published a supervision strategy for anti-money laundering. The objective of the strategy is to reduce the risk of money laundering, terrorist financing and breaches of financial sanctions in the operation of supervised entities. In March, the Parliament adopted a partial reform of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, which provides the FIN-FSA with the author...

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.