Publications

Below is an overview of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s key publications. In addition to Mutual Evaluation Reports, the FATF conducts research on evolving methods and trends to assist countries in identifying, assessing, and understanding their money laundering and terrorist financing risks.

Reports (non-exhaustive list)
2025
  • Global Overview of Terrorism Financing Risks (EN)(FR)
  • Targeted Update on Implementation of the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers 2025 (EN)
  • Detection, Disruption, and Investigation of Online Child Sexual Exploitation 2025 (EN)(FR)
2023
  • Best Practices for Combating the Misuse of Nonprofit Organizations 2023 (EN)(FR)
  • Recovering International Proceeds of Crime through Inter-Agency Networks 2023 (EN)
  • Misuse of Citzenship and Residency by Investment Programmes 2023 (EN)
  • Crowdfunding for Terrorism Financing 2023 (EN)
  • Combating Ransomware Financing 2023 (EN)(FR)
  • Illicit Financial Flows from Cyber-Enabled Fraud 2023 (EN)
  • Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market 2023 (EN)
  • Money Laundering Proceeds from Fentanyl and Synthetic Opioids (EN/FR)
2022
  • AML/CFT Risks Associated with the Smuggling of Migrants 2022 (EN/FR)
2021
  • Proceeds of Crime Generated by Environmental Crimes 2021 (EN/FR)
  • Ethnically or Radically Motivated TF 2021 (EN)
  • Trade Based ML: Risk Indicators 2021 (EN)
2020
  • Update: COVID-19 Related ML/TF Risks 2020  (EN)
  • Trade-Based Proceeds of Crime Report: Trends and Developments 2020 (EN/FR)
  • Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2020 (EN/FR)
  • Covid-19 Related ML/TF Risks and Policy Responses 2020 (EN/FR)
2019
  • Best Practices on Beneficial Ownership for Legal Persons 2019 (EN)
2018
  • Financial Flows from Human Trafficking 2018 (EN)
  • Professional Money Laundering 2018 (EN)
  • Concealment of Beneficial Ownership 2018 (EN)
  • Financing of Recruitment for Terrorist Purposes 2018 (EN)

Guidelines (non-exhaustive list)
2024
  • Money Laundering National Risk Assessment Guidance 2024 (EN)
  • Beneficial Ownership and Transparency of Legal Arrangements 2024 (EN)
2023
  • Beneficial Ownership of Legal Persons 2023 (EN)
2022
  • Risk-Based Approach Guidance for the Real Estate Sector 2022 (FR)
2020
  • Virtual Assets Red Flag Indicators of ML/TF 2020 (EN)
2019
  • Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach for TCSPs 2019 (EN/FR)
2018
  • TF Risk Assessment Guidance 2018 (EN)
2013
  • National ML/TF Risk Assessment 2013 (EN)

Toolkits (non-exhaustive list)
2025

Mutual Evaluations

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