FATF 40 Recommendations
What is FATF 40 Recommendations?
The FATF 40 Recommendations (last comprehensive revision February 2012 with subsequent targeted updates - R.15 Virtual Assets / VASPs 2018-2024, R.24 + R.25 Beneficial Ownership 2022-2024, R.8 Non-Profit Organisations 2016+2023, R.5 Terrorist Financing 2024) are the international standards on combating money laundering + terrorist financing + proliferation financing. The Recommendations are adopted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and applied across 200+ jurisdictions through the FATF Global Network including the FATF-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs): APG (Asia/Pacific), CFATF (Caribbean), EAG (Eurasian), ESAAMLG (Eastern + Southern Africa), GAFILAT (Latin America), GIABA (West Africa), GABAC (Central Africa), MENAFATF (Middle East + North Africa), MONEYVAL (Council of Europe). It comprises 40 controls organised across 7 domains, and applies in International.
How FATF 40 Recommendations maps to other frameworks
All 40 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 7 domains FATF 40 Recommendations groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with FATF 40 Recommendations
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in FATF 40 Recommendations. The number is how many FATF 40 Recommendations controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Implementation guides for frameworks that overlap FATF 40 Recommendations
Where FATF 40 Recommendations overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on FATF 40 Recommendations
One course in the catalogue covers FATF 40 Recommendations directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
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What an auditor will ask you for
All 16 FATF 40 Recommendations controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
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Questions people ask about FATF 40 Recommendations
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Query FATF 40 Recommendations programmatically
FATF 40 Recommendations, its 40 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
FATF 40 Recommendations API reference and MCP config →How ready are you for FATF 40 Recommendations?
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