Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Country Database

Overview

The comparative table that follows the Glossary of Terms below identifies the broad range of
actions, effective as of December 31, 2012, that jurisdictions have, or have not, taken to combat
money laundering. This reference table provides a comparison of elements that include
legislative activity and other identifying characteristics that can have a relationship to a
jurisdiction’s money laundering vulnerability. With the exception of the fifth item, all items
should be answered “Y” (yes) or “N” (no). “Y” is meant to indicate that legislation has been
enacted to address the captioned items. It does not imply full compliance with
international standards. All deficiencies within the country’s/jurisdiction’s AML/CFT regime
should be explained in the “Enforcement and implementation issues and comments” section of
the template.