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Combating the Financing of Terrorism

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American Banker's Association (ABA) -  Identification and Verification of Account Holders, January 2002

American Bankers Association (ABA) - Regulatory Compliance Conference, Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Governor Mark W. Olson: What Are Examiners Looking for When They Examine Banks for Compliance?, Orlando, Florida, June 2006

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Manual on Countering Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, January 2003

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Consolidated KYC Risk Management, October 2004

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Compliance and Compliance Function in Banks, April 2005

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision, October 1997

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Customer Due Diligence, October 2001

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Enhancing Corporate Governance for Banking Organisations, February 2006

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Framework for Internal Control Systems in Banking Organisations, September 1998

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - General Guide to Account Opening and Customer Identification (Attachment to Customer Due Diligence Paper), February 2003

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Joint Forum - Initiatives by BCBS, IAIS and IOSCO to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, January 2005

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Internal Audit in Banks and the Supervisor's Relationship with Auditors, August 2001

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Parallel-Owned Banking Structures, January 2003

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Prevention of Criminal Use of the Banking System for the Purpose of Money Laundering, December 1988

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Risk Management Principles for Electronic Banking, July 2003

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Sharing of Financial Records Between Jurisdictions in Connection With The Fight Against Terrorist Financing, April 2002

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Shell Banks and Booking Offices, January 2003

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) - Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk, February 2003

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission - Internal Control - Integrated Framework: An Executive Summary, 1992

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission - Enterprise Risk Management Framework Manuscript Draft, 2004

Council of Europe MONEYVAL - Typology Research: Use of Securities in Money Laundering Schemes, July 2008

Council on Foreign Relations - Report of an Independent Task Force: Terrorist Financing, 2003

Council on Foundations, Treasury Guidelines Working Group of Charitable Sector Organizations and Advisors - Principles of International Charity, March 2005

Egmont - Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) in Action 100 Cases, 2001

Egmont - Revised Statement of Purpose, June 2004

Egmont - Terrorist Financing 20 Cases, April 2002

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Terrorist Financing Patterns, Lormel Congressional Testimony, February 2002

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Guidance on Developing an Effective Computer Software Evaluation Program to Assure Quality and Regulatory Compliance, November 2004

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - 40 Recommendations, June 2003

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Asia Pacific Group (APG) - Vulnerabilities of Casinos and Gaming Sector, March 2009

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Behind the Corporate Veil, November 2001

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on the Risk-Based Approach to Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: High Level Principles and Procedures, June 2007

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, April 2002

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR VI (Alternative Remittance) Interpretive Note, February 2003

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR VI: Combating the Abuse of Alternative Remittance Systems - International Best Practices, June 2003

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR VII (Wire Transfers): Revised Interpretive Note, March 2008

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR VIII: Combating the Abuse of Non-Profit Organisations - International Best Practices, October 2002

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR VIII: Non-Profit Organisations - Interpretive Note, February 2006

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR IX: Cash Couriers, October 2004

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR IX (Cash Couriers): Interpretive Note, October 2004

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Guidance on Terrorist Financing, SR IX (Cash Couriers): Detecting and Preventing the Cross-Border Transportation of Cash by Terrorists and Other Criminals - International Best Practices, February 2005

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Laundering the Proceeds of VAT Carousel Fraud Report, February 2007

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Misuse Of Corporate Vehicles, Including Trust And Company Service Providers, October 2006

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Through the Football Sector, July 2009

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 1996

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 1997

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 1998

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 1999

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 2000

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 2001

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 2002

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 2003

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering Typologies, 2004

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - (GAFISUD) South America Regional Typologies, 2005

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Securities Sector, October 2009

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Typologies, 2005

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Report on the Outcome of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary Meeting and Proposal for the Endorsement of the Methodology for Assessing Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Standard, November 2002

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Report of New Payment Methods, October 2006

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Risk Based Approach - Guidance for the Life Insurance Sector, October 2009

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Risk Based Guidance for Money Services Businesses, July 2009

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing, October 2001

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Terrorist Financing, February 2008

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Trade Based Money Laundering, June 2006

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Advisory 6: Mexican Bank Drafts and Factored Third Party Checks, October 1996

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Advisory 9: Colombian Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE), November 1997

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Advisory 12: Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE) Update, June 1999

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Advisory 33: Informal Value Transfer Systems, March 2003

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Advisory (FIN-2010-A001) to Financial Institutions on Filing Suspicious Activity Reports regarding Trade-Based Money Laundering

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Examination Manual for Money Services Businesses (MSBs), December 2008

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Sample Money Services Business (MSB) Examination Manual Workplan, December 2008

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Guidance on Customer Identification, January 2004

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Hawala Alternative Remittance System and its Role in Money Laundering, (1999) Revised 2004

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Money Services Business Prevention Guide, May 2003

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - Potential Money Laundering Risks Related to Shell Companies, November 2006

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - SAR Bulletin 1: ATMs, June 1999

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - SAR Bulletin 2: SARs by Casinos, August 2000

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - SAR Bulletin 3: Suspicious Activity related to Phone Card Businesses, June 2001

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - SAR Bulletin 4: Aspects of Financial Transactions Indicative of Terrorist Funding, January 2002

Financial Services Authority (FSA) - Discussion Paper 18: Ethical Framework in Financial Services, October 2002

Financial Services Authority (FSA) - Discussion Paper 18: Ethical Framework Overview for Decision Making, October 2002

Financial Services Authority (FSA) - Money Laundering: Domestic Banking, 2002

Financial Services Authority (FSA) - Money Laundering: On Line Broking and Spread Betting, 2001/2002

Financial Services Authority (FSA) - Money Laundering Theme: Tackling Our New Responsibilities, July 2001

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) - Internal Control: Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code, September 1999

International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) - Anti-Money Laundering Guidance Notes for Insurance Supervisors and Insurance Entities, January 2002

International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) - Insurance Core Principles and Methodology, October 2003

International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) - Insurance Core Principles on Corporate Governance, January 2004

International Monetary Fund (IMF) / World Bank - Financial Intelligence Units: An Overview, June 2004

International Monetary Fund (IMF) / World Bank - Informal Funds Transfer Systems: Analysis of the Hawala System, March 2003

International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) - Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation, May 2003

Interpol - Hawala, January 2000

Interpol - Alternative Remittance Systems Distinguishing Sub-Systems of Ethnic Money Laundering in Interpol Member Countries on the Asian Continent, 2000

Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD) - Behind the Corporate Veil: Using Corporate Entities for Illicit Purposes, 2001

Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD) - Principles of Corporate Governance, April 2004

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) - Banker's Guide to Avoiding Problems, December 2002

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) - Common Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Compliance Deficiencies, April 2000

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) - Compliance Activities Handbook, December 1999

New York Clearing House - Guidelines for Correspondent Banking, March 2002

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) - 2008 Guidance for Deterring Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Activity, February 2008

Swiss Federal Banking Commission - Abacha Funds at Swiss Banks, August 2000

United Nations (UN) - Ten Fundamental Laws of Money Laundering and Features of an Ideal Financial Haven, March 2003

United Nations (UN) ODCCP - Financial Havens, Banking Secrecy, and Money Laundering, 1998

US Customs Service - Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE), June 1999

US Customs Service - Operation Green Quest, October 2002

US Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) - Bank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual, 2007

US Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors - Strengthening Compliance Through Effective Corporate Governance - Remarks of Susan S. Bies to the ABA at the Annual Regulatory Compliance Conference in Washington, D.C., June 2003

US General Accounting Office - Report to Congressional Requesters - Terrorist Financing: U.S. Agencies Should Systematically Assess Terrorists’ Use of Alternative Financing Mechanisms, November 2003

US Government - Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Examination Procedures for Customer Identification Programs, July 2004

US Government - Guidance on the Proceeds of Foreign Corruption, January 2001

US Government - Interagency Interpretive Guidance on Customer Identification Program Requirements under Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, April 2005

US Government - Interagency Advisory: Guidance On Accepting Accounts From Foreign Governments, Embassies and Political Figures, June 2004

US Government - National Money Laundering Strategy 2005, December 2005

US Government - National Money Laundering Strategy 2007, May 2007

US Government - Stopping Terrorism: The What to Look For, November 2002

US National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - Monograph on Terrorist Financing, August 2004

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - SEC Chairman Donaldson's Remarks to the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) on Creating a Renewed Culture of Compliance, May 2004

US Senate - Keeping Foreign Corruption out of the US: Four Case Histories, February 2010

US Senate - Committee Statement on Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption: Enforcement and Effectiveness of the Patriot Act Committee, July 2004

US Senate - Hearing on Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption: Enforcement and Effectiveness of the Patriot Act - Case Study Involving Riggs Bank, July 2004

US Senate - Hearing on Private Banking and Money Laundering: A Case Study of Opportunities and Vulnerabilities, November 1999

US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking, February 2001

US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking Case Histories 1-7, February 2001

US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking Case Histories 8-10, February 2001

US Senate - Report on Correspondent Banking Summary of Scandals 8 Cases, February 2001

US Senate - Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers, the Tools, and Secrecy, August 2006

US Treasury - Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities, September 2006

Wolfsberg Group - AML Guidance on Credit/Card Card Issuing and Merchant Acquiring Activities, May 2009

Wolfsberg Group - AML Guidance for Mutual Funds and Other Pooled Investment Vehicles, 2006

Wolfsberg Group - Correspondent Banking Principles, October 2002

Wolfsberg Group - FAQs on AML issues in the Context of Investment and Commercial Banking, 2006

Wolfsberg Group - FAQs on Beneficial Ownership, 2005

Wolfsberg Group - FAQs on Correspondent Banking (supplementing the previous principles), 2006

Wolfsberg Group - FAQs on Correspondent Banking (supplementing the previous principles): Appendix 1 - "Red Flag" Transactions and Possible Monitoring Responses, 2006

Wolfsberg Group - FAQs on Intermediaries, 2005

Wolfsberg Group - FAQs on Politically Exposed Persons, 2005

Wolfsberg Group - Guidance on a Risk Based Approach for Managing Money Laundering Risks, 2006

Wolfsberg Group - Private Banking Principles Revision 1, May 2002

Wolfsberg Group - Statement on Monitoring Screening and Searching, September 2003

Wolfsberg Group - Statement on Terrorism, November 2002

Wolfsberg Group - Trade Finance Principles, January 2009

World Bank - Analyzing and Managing Banking Risk: A Framework for Corporate Governance and Financial Risk, 2nd Edition, April 2003

World Bank - Money Exchange Dealers of Kabul Study of the Hawala System in Afghanistan, June 2003