Basel AML Index 2025

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
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Biography
Submitted by Mirella Mahlstein on Thu, 12/04/2025 - 08:12

This is the 14th annual Public Edition report of the Basel AML Index, an independent, data-based ranking and risk assessment tool for money laundering and related financial crime risks around the world.

The Basel AML Index provides risk scores for jurisdictions based on data from 17 publicly accessible sources such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Transparency International and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. The risk scores cover five domains considered to contribute to a high money laundering risk:

Basel AML Index 2025 reveals uneven progress in the global fight against financial crime

The 14th Public Edition of the Basel AML Index shows a world where money laundering risks are levelling out, with improvements in some high-risk countries balanced by declines in traditionally low-risk ones.

Developed and maintained by the Basel Institute on Governance since 2012, the Basel AML Index is an independent, data-based ranking and risk assessment tool for money laundering and related financial crime risks around the world.

Environment Day at the 11th UN Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
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Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Thu, 12/04/2025 - 07:04

Update: View all panel recordings on YouTube.

The Theme Day took place in a hybrid format at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar. Corruption and crimes that affect the environment (illegal deforestation, crimes in the fisheries and minerals sectors, wildlife and waste trafficking, among others) are deeply intertwined and are mutually reinforcing.

Stepping up the fight against foreign bribery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
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Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Wed, 12/03/2025 - 06:49

How can countries step up action against foreign bribery? This session explored new momentum in global enforcement, from joint UK–France–Switzerland efforts to OECD insights and how fines and settlements can support anti-corruption and development.

This special event took place in hybrid format at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar. It was co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, OECD and Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative.

Basel Institute awarded new Siemens Integrity Initiative Evolve funding to advance global Collective Action

We are pleased to announce that the Basel Institute on Governance has received funding through the Siemens Integrity Initiative’s Evolve Funding Round. This fresh support will help launch the new global project "Unlocking the Potential of Collective Action".

This new funding marks the next chapter in a partnership that began in 2009 and has played a decisive role in shaping today’s global Collective Action landscape for more than 15 years.

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