Kenneth L. Bryant

Anti-Money Laundering Combating the Financing of Terrorism

TYPOLOGIES BY ORGANIZATION, METHOD, AND YEAR
(All referenced documents can be found on the Research Page)

ORGANIZATION/YEAR METHOD

FATF 1996

FATF 1997

FATF 1998

FATF 1999

US Senate 1999

FATF 2000

FATF 2001

OECD 2001

EGMONT 2001

US Senate 2001

FATF 2002

EGMONT 2002

FATF 2003

FATF 2004

FATF 2005

FATF GAFISUD 2005

US MLTA 2005

FATF 2006

US Senate 2006

FATF 2007

US NMLS 2007

FATF 2008

COE MONEYVAL 2008

FATF 2009

Alternative Remittance Systems (Underground or Parallel Banking)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Anonymous Asset Types (Use of)

X

Banking (Structuring)

X

X

X

X

X

Bearer Securities/Negotiable Instruments

X

X

Beneficial Ownership/ Transparency

X

Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE)

X

Bureaux de Change

X

X

X

X

Business structures (Concealment within)

X

Cash Proceeds

X

Casinos/Gambling

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Check Cashers

X

Collection Accounts

X

X

X

Corporate Vehicles (Trusts, Company Service Providers)

X

X

X

Correspondent Banking

X

X

Corruption

X

X

Credit and Debit Cards

X

Currency Exchangers

X

Currency (Bulk Cash) Smuggling

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Drug Production/Trafficking

X

X

X

X

X

Electronic Funds (Wire) Transfers

X

X

X

X

X

Euro Currency

X

X

X

Facilitators / Professional Services Providers / Professional Gatekeepers (Lawyers, Notaries, Accountants, Company Formation Agents, etc.)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

False Accounting

X

False Documents (or Legally Deficient)

X

X

X

False Identities

X

X

X

X

X

Football

X

Foreign Exchange

X

Foreign Investment

X

Fraud/Financial Crime

X

X

X

X

X

Free Trade Zone

X

X

Grey Market

X

High Value/Luxury Items

X

X

X

Human Trafficking/Illegal Migration

X

Illegal Funds to Reduce Debt or to Capitalize Legitimate Companies

X

Indicators (Most Frequently Observed)

X

Informal Value Transfer Systems (IVTS)

X

Insurance

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Intelligence Exchanges (Effective use of)

X

International Jurisdictional Issues (Exploitation of)

X

Investment Products

X

Invoicing Schemes

X

X

X

Legitimate Businesses (Misuse of)

X

X

Loan Back Arrangements

X

Money Orders

X

Money Services Businesses (MSBs)

X

X

X

Money Transmitters

X

New Payment Methods/Technologies (Cyperpayments, On Line or Internet Banking, Smart Cards, prepaid cards, internet payment systems, mobile payments, digital precious metals, etc.)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NFBI's)

X

X

Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs)

X

X

X

X

Online Payment Systems

X

Organized Crime

X

X

X

X

X

Payable Through Accounts (PTAs)

X

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

X

Precious Commodities (Metals and Stones)

X

X

X

X

X

Piracy (Music and Video)

X

Private Banking

X

X

Prizes

X

Pyramid Scheme/System

X

Real Estate

X

X

X

X

Remittance Services

X

X

X

X

Representative Offices

X

Securities/Derivatives

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sources of Illegal Proceeds (Principal)

X

X

X

X

X

X

Shell or Front Companies/Trusts

X

X

X

X

X

Stored Value Cards

X

Straw Men

X

X

Tax Havens

X

Terrorist Related Financing, Trends and Indicators

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Threats (Emerging)

X

Trade Based or Related (Import/Export)

X

X

X

X

X

X

Trends (Prevailing)

X

VAT/Carousel

X

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