International Legislation

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• Methodology for AML/CTF
• FATF 40 Recommendations (Revised in 2003)
• FATF IX Special Recommendations
• FATF Revised Mandate 2008-2012

United Nations

• United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic In Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (Vienna Convention)
• United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Convention)
• UN Political Declaration
• The Global Programme against Money Laundering

European Union

• Directive 2005/60/EC
• 2001/500/JHA: Council Framework Decision of 26 June 2001 on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and the proceeds of crime

Council of Europe

• Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism, dated 16 May 2005
• Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime (Strasbourg Convention)
• Council of Europe: Recommendation No. R (80) 10 on measures against the transfer and the safekeeping of funds of criminal origin, dated 27 June 1980

Basel Committee

• Basel Statement of Principles on Prevention of Criminal Use of the Banking System for the Purpose of Money-Laundering
• BASEL – Customer Due Diligence for Banks

Wolfsberg Group

• Wolfsberg Statement on Monitoring Screening and Searching - September 2003
• Wolfsberg AML Principles for Correspondent Banking - November 2002
• Wolfsberg Statement on The Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism - January 2002
• Wolfsberg AML Principles on Private Banking - Revised Version May 2002