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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...

Some entities have a reporting obligation by virtue of the Anti-Money Laundering Act. When you carry out a transaction with such an entity, you may have to prove your identity. This way, the obliged entity can ensure it knows the person it is interacting with. This is known as customer due diligence. The obliged entities, such as banks, follow statutory procedures for customer due diligence and monitor their customer relationships in order to detect suspicious business activities.

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

7.10.2021 | National implementation of the EU Directive on access to financial information moves a step closer. On 7 October, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Act on the Bank and Payment Accounts Control System and the Act on the Financial Intelligence Unit.

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...

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

Lagstiftningen Lagstiftningen om förhindrande av penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism inkluderar både nationella lagar och europeisk och internationell reglering. I Finland iakttas penningtvättslagen. Penningtvättslagen kompletteras av flera...

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...

Aktörernas roller Finansministeriet och inrikesministeriet är ansvariga ministerier för förhindrande av penningtvätt och av finansiering av terrorism. Andra centrala ministerier som deltar i arbetet är justitieministeriet, utrikesministeriet, arbe...

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.

Kunder När du uträttar ärenden med en i penningtvättslagen avsedd rapporteringsskyldig kan det vara nödvändigt att verifiera din identitet. Då kan den rapporteringsskyldige försäkra sig om att den vet med vem den kommunicerar. De rapporteringsskyl...

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.

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

Även om lagen om förhindrande av penningtvätt inte direkt berör aktörer som inte eftersträvar vinst, ska du på ett heltäckande sätt besvara frågor om kundkontroll och kundidentifiering.

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...