FATF typology reports

FATF typology reports

FATF Methods and Trends publications are available on the FATF website.

• Beneficial Ownership and Transparency of Legal Arrangements (March 2024)
• Best Practices on Combating the Abuse of Non-Profit Organisations (November 2023)
• Misuse of Citizenship and Residency by Investment Programmes (November 2023)
• Recovering International Proceeds of Crime through Inter-Agency Networks (November 2023)
• Illicit Financial Flows from Cyber-enabled Fraud (November 2023)
• Crowdfunding for Terrorism Financing (October 2023)
• Countering Ransomware Financing (March 2023)
• Guidance on Beneficial Ownership of Legal Persons (March 2023)
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market (February 2023)
• Money Laundering from Fentanyl and Synthetic Opioids (November 2022)
• Partnering in the Fight Against Financial Crime: Data Protection, Technology and Private Sector Information Sharing (July 2022)
• Risk-based Approach Guidance for the Real Estate Sector (July 2022)
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks Arising from Migrant Smuggling (March 2022)
• Updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers (October 2021)
• Cross-Border Payments. Survey Results on Implementation of the FATF Standards (October 2021)
• FATF Report. Money Laundering from Environmental Crime (July 2021)
• Stocktake on Data Pooling, Collaborative Analytics and Data Protection (July 2021)
• FATF Report. Trade-based Money Laundering: Trends and Developments (December 2020)
• FATF Report. Virtual Assets Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (September 2020)
• FATF Report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on So-called Stablecoins (June 2020)
• COVID-19-related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Risks and Policy Responses (May 2020)
• FATF Report. Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment Guidance (July 2019)
• Concealment of Beneficial Ownership (July 2018)
• FATF Report:Professional Money Laundering (July 2018)
• FATF Report. Financial Flows from Human Trafficking (July 2018)
• FATF Report. Financing of Recruitment for Terrorist Purposes (January 2018) 
• FATF Report. Money Laundering Through the Physical Transportation of Cash (October 2015)
• FATF Report. Money laundering / terrorist financing risks and vulnerabilities associated with gold (July 2015)
• FATF Report. Financing of the Terrorist Organisation Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (February 2015)
• FATF Report. Virtual Currencies Key Definitions and Potencial AML/CFT Risks(June 2014)
• FATF Report. Financial flows linked to the production and trafficking of Afghan opiates (June 2014)
• FATF Report. Risk of Terrorist Abuse in Non-Profit Organisations (June 2014)
• The role of Hawala and other similar service providers in money laundering and terrorist financing (December 2013)
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Vulnerabilities of Legal Professionals(June 2013)
• Combatting money laundering and terrorist financing in the West African region(May 2013)
• FATF Report. Illicit Tobacco Trade (June 2012)
• FATF Report. Specific Risk Factors in Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption. Assistance to Reporting Institutions (June 2012)
• FATF Report. Organised Martime Piracy and Related Kidnapping for Ransom (July 2011)
• FATF Report. Money Laundering Risks Arising from Trafficking in Human Beings and Smuggling of Migrants (July 2011)
• FATF Report. Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption (July 2011)
• FATF Report. Money Laundering Using Trust and Company Service Providers(October 2010)
• Money Laundering Using New Payment Methods (September 2010)
• Money Laundering Vulnerabilities of Free Trade Zones (March 2010)
• Combating Proliferation Financing A Status Report on Policy Development and Consultation (February 2010)
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Securities Sector (October 2009)
• Money Laundering through the Football Sector (July 2009)
• Vulnerabilities of Casinos and Gaming Sector (March 2009)
• Proliferation Financing Report (June 2008)
• Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Vulnerabilities of Commercial Websites and Internet Payment Systems (June 2008)
• Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment Strategies (June 2008)
• FATF Terrorist Financing Typologies Report (February 2008)
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Through the Real Estate Sector (June 2007)
• Laundering the Proceeds of VAT Carousel Fraud (February 2007)
• Complex Money Laundering Techniques. A Regional View (February 2007) - available in Russian only
• The Misuse of Corporate Vehicles, Including Trust and Company Service Providers (October 2006) - available in Russian only
• Report on New Payment Methods (October 2006)
• Trade Based Money Laundering (June 2006)