June 2021 FATF plenary

The Financial Action Task Force has announced that delegates representing 205 members of the Global Network and observer organizations including the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units will take part in the virtual meeting of the FATF Plenary this week. During five days, they will discuss key issues to strengthen global action against the financial flows that fuel crime and terrorism.

Delegates will discuss the assessments of Japan and South Africa’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. They will hear the progress made by some jurisdictions identified as presenting a risk to the financial system.

The FATF will finalize key reports, including on money laundering and environmental crime, ethnically and racially motivated terrorist financing and two reports that explore the opportunities that technology can offer to improve anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts. The FATF will also finalize its second 12-month review of the implementation of revised FATF standards for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, and guidance on proliferation financing risk assessment and mitigation. The outcomes of the FATF Plenary will be published on Friday, June 25, at the close of the meeting.