Financial Action Task Force
WebsiteParis

Founding Year: 1989

Staff: 34

Budget:

Xiangmin Liu  (President)

An inter-governmental body established by of 39 governments that aims “to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing” tax havens,  drug money “and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.”  

Publications:

 

Financial Action Task Force contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals


  Organization Type

Intergovernmental

  Geographic Foci

International

 Subjects

Corruption|Finance|Watchdog

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