JMLSG Guidance
HM Treasury-approved guidance the courts must consider — the practical standard for UK financial sector AML.
- Issued by
- Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
- Applies in
- United Kingdom
- Edition
- Current, as published
- 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.
- Pt I 4Risk-based approachRisk assessment
- Pt I 5Customer due diligenceCustomer due diligence
- Pt I 6Suspicious activity reportingReporting
- Pt I 7Staff awareness, training and alertnessTraining
- Pt I 8Record keepingRecords
- Pt IISector-specific guidance for the firm's business linesSector
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the JMLSG Guidance and add Joint Money Laundering Steering Group’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 6 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 Joint Money Laundering Steering Group’s pages
- Check the library against 6 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: risk-based approach
- Rule
- JMLSG Guidance, Pt I 4
- Area
- Risk assessment
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- FATF RecommendationsThe 40 Recommendations — the international standard every national AML/CFT/CPF regime is measured against.Global · 8 controls
- Wolfsberg Group StandardsIndustry standards for correspondent banking, the CBDDQ/FCCQ questionnaires and effectiveness-based AML programmes.Global · 4 controls
- 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
Also in United Kingdom
- UK Money Laundering Regulations 2017The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.United Kingdom · 8 controls
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Part 7)The money laundering offences, the regulated-sector duty to report, and the DAML consent regime.United Kingdom · 4 controls
- UK Sanctions Regime (SAMLA 2018 / OFSI)The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 regulations and OFSI reporting, licensing and enforcement expectations.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- Legal Sector Affinity Group AML GuidanceHM Treasury-approved guidance for law firms and independent legal professionals under the MLR 2017.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- CCAB AML Guidance for the Accountancy SectorAMLGAS — the approved guidance for accountants, auditors, tax advisers and insolvency practitioners.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- UK Bribery Act 2010The section 7 corporate offence and the six principles of adequate procedures.United Kingdom · 6 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the JMLSG Guidance?
Enable it and add the issuer’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication the Monitor records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the JMLSG Guidance?
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 current edition as published by the issuer, last verified in August 2026; the Monitor records new publications as they appear.