FATF Recommendations
The 40 Recommendations — the international standard every national AML/CFT/CPF regime is measured against.
- Issued by
- Financial Action Task Force
- Applies in
- Global standards
- Edition
- 2012, as updated
- Area
- Financial crime (AML/CFT/CPF)
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- R.1Assessing risks and applying a risk-based approachRisk
- R.10Customer due diligencePreventive measures
- R.11Record keepingPreventive measures
- R.12Politically exposed personsPreventive measures
- R.15New technologies and virtual assetsPreventive measures
- R.16Wire transfers (travel rule)Preventive measures
- R.20Reporting of suspicious transactionsReporting
- R.24Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal personsTransparency
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the FATF Recommendations and the Monitor suggests FATF as a source. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 8 requirements every week and opens a finding wherever one falls short, citing the rule and drafting the fix. A person decides what is applied.
Each week
- Read fatf-gafi.org
- Check the library against 8 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: assessing risks and applying a risk-based approach
- Rule
- FATF Recommendations, R.1
- Area
- Risk
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- GFSC Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF)The Bailiwick's AML/CFT/CPF rules and guidance for financial services businesses and prescribed businesses, issued under the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) regulations.Guernsey · 8 controls
- JFSC AML/CFT/CPF HandbookHandbook for the prevention and detection of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing under the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008.Jersey · 8 controls
- Isle of Man AML/CFT Code 2019The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Code 2019, with the FSA's AML/CFT Handbook as guidance.Isle of Man · 8 controls
- Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering RegulationsThe AMLRs under the Proceeds of Crime Act, read with CIMA's Guidance Notes — departure from the Guidance Notes without justification is treated as non-compliance.Cayman Islands · 8 controls
- BVI Anti-Money Laundering Regulations & Code of PracticeThe AML Regulations 2008 and the AML and Terrorist Financing Code of Practice 2008, as amended by the FSC.British Virgin Islands · 8 controls
- Bermuda Proceeds of Crime (AML/ATF) RegulationsThe Proceeds of Crime (Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing) Regulations 2008 with BMA sector guidance notes.Bermuda · 8 controls
Also in Global standards
- Wolfsberg Group StandardsIndustry standards for correspondent banking, the CBDDQ/FCCQ questionnaires and effectiveness-based AML programmes.Global · 4 controls
- ISO 37001 — Anti-bribery management systemsRequirements for establishing, implementing and improving an anti-bribery management system.Global · 6 controls
- ISO 37301 — Compliance management systemsThe certifiable standard for a compliance management system across all obligations.Global · 6 controls
- ISO/IEC 27701 — Privacy information managementThe stand-alone PIMS standard (October 2025 edition), no longer dependent on ISO/IEC 27001.Global · 5 controls
- ISO/IEC 27001 — Information security managementThe certifiable ISMS standard; Annex A controls per ISO/IEC 27002:2022.Global · 9 controls
- ISO/IEC 27017 & 27018 — Cloud security and PII in the cloudCloud-specific control guidance and the code of practice for protecting PII in public clouds.Global · 4 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the FATF Recommendations?
Yes. Enable it and the Monitor suggests Financial Action Task Force as a source; every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the FATF Recommendations?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The catalogue records 2012, as updated. Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.