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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...

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...

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.

The following are essential for preventing money laundering and terrorist financing: legislation, adherence, implementation and monitoring of laws across actors, economic sanctions and decisions on freezing of assets, international cooperation

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.

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.

Myndigheter och andra aktörer samarbetar för att förhindra penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism.

Internationellt samarbete Aktionsgruppen för förhindrande av penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (FATF) Aktionsgruppen för förhindrande av penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (FATF, Financial Action Task Force) är en mellanstatlig ak...

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 | On 19 December 2024, the Government adopted a strategy and an action plan for tackling the shadow economy and economic crime for 2024–2027. During the new programming period, operating conditions of the authorities will be enhanced and their cooperation intensified.

21.5.2024 | In 2020–2023, more than 50 projects tackling the shadow economy and economic crime were carried out in Finland. They succeeded in preventing abuses, promoting healthy competition between companies and supporting a fair labour market by improving the transparency and openness of business activities, for example.

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...

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.

22.4.2022 | Den globala arbetsgruppen för bekämpning av penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism Financial Action Task Force (FATF) höll ett ministermöte i Washington torsdagen den 21 april. Understatssekreterare Leena Mörttinen från finansministeriet representerade Finland.

9.9.2021 | The Government supports a new EU-level supervisory system to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.

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...