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Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

مجموعة العمل المالي

The intergovernmental body that sets the international standards (the FATF Recommendations) to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, and assesses countries' compliance with them.

Related terms: Anti-money laundering, Combating the financing of terrorism

Financial intelligence unit (FIU)

وحدة المعلومات المالية

The national agency that receives and analyses suspicious transaction reports and other information, and disseminates the results to the competent authorities.

Related terms: Suspicious transaction report

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