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Being placed on the FATF’s grey or black lists has a negative impact on a jurisdiction’s investment climate, trade and capital flows.\n\nThe [Basel AML Index Expert Edition dashboard](https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002Fexpert-edition) highlights a jurisdiction’s placement on the FATF grey or black lists for informational purposes, but these lists are not used when calculating its overall risk score. \n\nAs an additional service, from June 2022 the Basel AML Index started to publish special briefings on jurisdictions delisted from the grey or black lists.\n\nLearn more about the Basel AML Index at: [index.baselgovernance.org](https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcountry\u002FMT)",2023,"2023-12-21",[6],[],[631],{"url":632,"caption":633},"https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002Fdownload"," See all briefings and other Basel AML Index reports",[6],[281],[302],{"id":638,"storage":135,"filename_disk":639,"filename_download":640,"title":641,"type":308,"created_on":620,"modified_on":620,"charset":7,"filesize":642,"width":310,"height":643,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":7,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":644,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":620},"25ca91e5-59b7-48a7-8cd6-19a114e9315e","25ca91e5-59b7-48a7-8cd6-19a114e9315e.jpg?itok=EsVRFPDU","Cayman.jpg?itok=EsVRFPDU","Cayman report",52537,708,{},[],[],[648],{"id":649,"sort":7,"publications_id":650,"directus_files_id":663},2363,{"id":619,"status":132,"sort":7,"user_created":318,"date_created":620,"user_updated":392,"date_updated":621,"nid":622,"slug":623,"image":638,"title":624,"body":625,"citation":280,"language":281,"year":626,"publisher":119,"date_published":627,"external":284,"topic":651,"link_internal":652,"link_external":653,"featured":284,"topics":655,"languages":656,"type":657,"area":7,"programme":7,"websites":7,"summary":7,"pdf_text":7,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"countries":658,"tags":659,"pdf":660,"authors":661},[6],[],[654],{"url":632,"caption":633},[6],[281],[302],[],[],[649],[662],2537,{"id":664,"storage":135,"filename_disk":665,"filename_download":666,"title":666,"type":356,"folder":357,"uploaded_by":318,"created_on":620,"modified_by":7,"modified_on":620,"charset":7,"filesize":667,"width":7,"height":7,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":668,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":7,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":620},"cd0ba109-4eb9-4beb-9dc5-a9e917b5dc79","cd0ba109-4eb9-4beb-9dc5-a9e917b5dc79.pdf","cayman-dec-23.pdf",151153,"Download briefing: Cayman Islands",[670],{"id":662,"publications_id":671,"authors_id":683},{"id":619,"status":132,"sort":7,"user_created":318,"date_created":620,"user_updated":392,"date_updated":621,"nid":622,"slug":623,"image":638,"title":624,"body":625,"citation":280,"language":281,"year":626,"publisher":119,"date_published":627,"external":284,"topic":672,"link_internal":673,"link_external":674,"featured":284,"topics":676,"languages":677,"type":678,"area":7,"programme":7,"websites":7,"summary":7,"pdf_text":7,"main_points":7,"short_version":7,"subtitle":7,"og_image":7,"countries":679,"tags":680,"pdf":681,"authors":682},[6],[],[675],{"url":632,"caption":633},[6],[281],[302],[],[],[649],[662],{"id":684,"name":685,"position":686,"image":687},556,"Dr Kateryna Boguslavska","Head of Financial Crime Risk","1a304c66-8f40-4954-9bae-37fc556a7789",{"items":689,"total":11},[690,736,794,842,873],{"id":691,"status":132,"date_created":692,"date_updated":693,"title":694,"type":695,"body":696,"date":697,"topic":698,"slug":699,"activity":700,"nid":702,"topics":703,"activities":704,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"language":281,"image":705,"translation_of":7,"countries":711,"tags":712,"authors":713,"images":732,"translations":733,"content":734,"translations_news":735},10608,"2026-04-15T22:45:19.000Z","2026-06-24T13:39:46.000Z","INTERPOL Silver Notices: Speeding up the tracing of criminal assets","Blog","_Criminal assets can cross borders in hours, while international asset recovery often struggles to keep pace. The INTERPOL Silver Notice is designed to close this gap by enabling earlier identification and tracing of criminal assets across jurisdictions. Can this new instrument fundamentally change how law enforcement responds to the rapid flight of illicit wealth?_\n\nCriminal funds can be moved across jurisdictions, layered through shell companies or converted into digital assets in a matter of hours. By contrast, international legal cooperation frequently moves at a far slower pace. The mismatch between the speed of asset flight and the pace of enforcement is one of the central reasons why several international bodies estimate that a very high proportion of [criminal assets](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.interpol.int\u002Fen\u002FNews-and-Events\u002FNews\u002F2025\u002FINTERPOL-publishes-first-Silver-Notice-targeting-criminal-assets#:~:text=Valdecy%20Urquiza%2C%20INTERPOL%20Secretary%20General,of%20criminal%20assets%20remain%20unrecovered.) ultimately remain unrecovered.\n\nINTERPOL’s Silver Notices seek to narrow this gap. They provide law enforcement with an early, structured mechanism to identify and trace assets across borders, strengthening one of the weakest stages of asset recovery: the initial [identification of criminal assets](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Finterpols-silver-notice-paving-way-improved-asset-recovery). For practitioners dealing with fraud, corruption, money laundering and organised crime, Silver Notices reflect a shift toward treating asset recovery as an enforcement priority rather than merely a consequence of criminal conviction.\n\n## The state of play\n\nINTERPOL launched the Silver Notice as a pilot initiative in January 2025, involving 52 jurisdictions across all regions. [As of November 2025, 133 Silver Notices and 35 Diffusions had been published](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.interpol.int\u002FNews-and-Events\u002FNews\u002F2025\u002FTogether-Against-Crime-INTERPOL-General-Assembly-approves-blueprint-for-future) at the request of 39 countries, linked to suspected financial harm exceeding EUR 30 billion, according to INTERPOL.\n\nSwitzerland does not currently participate in the pilot and therefore does not issue Silver Notices. However, Swiss authorities may still receive Silver Notices and share information through existing police cooperation channels.\n\nIn November 2025, during the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, delegates approved the extension of the Silver Notice pilot, allowing additional jurisdictions to participate. For practitioners, this expansion matters: broader participation directly increases the likelihood that assets can be identified and preserved before they are moved beyond the reach of enforcement authorities.\n\n## What is the Silver Notice?\n\nINTERPOL Notices enable countries to share critical criminal intelligence and request operational assistance across borders. A Silver Notice is a non-coercive intelligence tool designed to support the identification and tracing of assets linked to serious criminal offences. It does not, by itself, authorise the freezing, seizure or confiscation of assets. Any such measures must be taken in accordance with national law and applicable judicial procedures.\n\nIn practice, Silver Notices may be used to:\n\n*   flag bank accounts, real estate, corporate holdings and digital assets;\n*   identify beneficial owners or persons exercising control over assets;\n*   enable secure and structured intelligence sharing between participating jurisdictions.\n\n## From identification to legal action\n\nOne of the most persistent challenges in cross-border asset recovery lies in the slow and often complex operation of Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) mechanisms used to gather evidence or freeze assets. Evidentiary thresholds and procedural requirements vary widely across jurisdictions, and delays in cooperation can allow assets to be dissipated.\n\nWhen a Silver Notice leads to the identification of assets, the jurisdiction in which they are located informs the requesting country and INTERPOL, outlines domestic legal options, and acts within its legal framework. Early bilateral engagement allows investigators and prosecutors to align MLA requests with domestic standards, shortening the transition from intelligence to evidence and from tracing to freezing, helping preserve asset value and improving the prospects of confiscation and victim restitution or compensation.\n\n## Safeguards and limits\n\nBefore any Notice is circulated, it must pass a strict legal compliance review to ensure that it complies with INTERPOL’s Constitution, including the prohibition on matters of a political, military, racial or religious character. These safeguards are essential to maintaining trust between member countries and protecting the system from misuse, particularly in sensitive or high-profile cases.\n\nThe Silver Notice is also deliberately designed to avoid coercive overreach. Key safeguards include:\n\n*   restriction to serious criminal offences;\n*   a requirement for a clear factual link between the assets and suspected criminal conduct;\n*   use within the framework of national legal systems, including judicial or prosecutorial oversight where required.\n\nAt the same time, Silver Notices are not without limitations. For example, in politically sensitive cases, careful scrutiny is required to ensure that asset-tracing requests are not used to advance improper objectives. This makes the robustness and independence of INTERPOL’s compliance review mechanisms particularly important.\n\nUltimately, Silver Notices are not a solution to all asset recovery challenges. Their effectiveness depends on domestic legal framework and the willingness and ability of authorities to act on shared intelligence. They enhance international cooperation, but they do not replace the need for strong national asset recovery regimes or effective MLA processes.\n\n## Closing the enforcement gap\n\nThe speed at which criminal assets move across borders continues to outpace traditional enforcement tools. Silver Notices respond to this challenge by enabling earlier asset tracing and more timely operational engagement between jurisdictions.\n\nMore broadly, Silver Notices reflect an evolving approach to financial crime enforcement that prioritises proactive, intelligence-led intervention over reactive asset recovery at the end of lengthy criminal proceedings. Silver Notices are an enabler, not a shortcut. Used effectively and responsibly, they can strengthen the strategic focus on asset recovery and materially improve the prospects of asset confiscation and victim restitution.\n\n_This blog is also published on the [Hochschule Luzern Economic Crime Blog here](https:\u002F\u002Fhub.hslu.ch\u002Feconomiccrime\u002F?p=6536)._","2026-03-16",[6,286],"interpol-silver-notices-speeding-up-the-tracing-of-criminal-assets-2944",[701],"Insights",2944,[6,16],[701],{"id":706,"storage":135,"filename_disk":707,"filename_download":220,"title":694,"type":221,"created_on":692,"modified_on":692,"charset":7,"filesize":708,"width":224,"height":709,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":7,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":710,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":692},"daf2f81c-8270-46aa-93a2-3a8a469a7420","daf2f81c-8270-46aa-93a2-3a8a469a7420.webp",17246,447,{},[],[],[714],{"id":715,"news_id":716,"authors_id":728},1371,{"id":691,"status":132,"user_created":318,"date_created":692,"user_updated":392,"date_updated":693,"title":694,"type":695,"body":696,"image":706,"date":697,"topic":717,"slug":699,"activity":718,"nid":702,"topics":719,"activities":720,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"translation_of":7,"language":281,"countries":721,"tags":722,"authors":723,"images":724,"translations":725,"content":726,"translations_news":727},[6,286],[701],[6,16],[701],[],[],[715],[],[],[],[],{"id":729,"name":730,"position":7,"image":731},553,"Rita Simões","bd333e72-3950-4c12-b55b-b6bc5cd448c7",[],[],[],[],{"id":737,"status":132,"date_created":738,"date_updated":739,"title":740,"type":695,"body":741,"date":742,"topic":743,"slug":744,"activity":745,"nid":747,"topics":748,"activities":749,"programme":7,"area":7,"websites":7,"language":281,"image":750,"translation_of":7,"countries":757,"tags":758,"authors":789,"images":790,"translations":791,"content":792,"translations_news":793},10602,"2026-02-27T15:07:18.000Z","2026-06-24T13:41:06.000Z","Advancing trust and standards between banks and virtual asset service providers – lessons from Wolfsberg Group events at the 9th Global Conference","_By J. Edward (Ned) Conway, Executive Secretary, The Wolfsberg Group_\n\nAs virtual assets move into the mainstream of traditional finance, tricky questions arise. What does a reasonable, risk-based control framework look like for banks that provide services to virtual asset service providers (VASPs)? And how can compliance teams strengthen private-to-private information sharing to better detect suspicious activity?\n\nThese were some of the questions tackled by the [Wolfsberg Group](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002F) at the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets, organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, Europol and UNODC and held in Vienna on 28–29 October 2025.\n\nThe Wolfsberg Group is an association of 12 global banks that develops frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks. Housed at the Basel Institute on Governance, this long-standing initiative brings together senior financial crime compliance leaders through various working groups, including one dedicated to virtual assets.\n\nThis flagship event provided a valuable platform for the Group to explain its [Stablecoin Guidance](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002Fresources\u002F204\u002F), gauge interest in a specific Due Diligence Questionnaire focused on VASPs, and further advance efforts to break down silos in private-to-private information sharing.\n\nThis blog summarises some of the key discussions – dialogues that are continuing in dedicated meetings and consultations of the Wolfsberg Group with members, regulators and institutional partners.\n\n## Regulatory clarity as a catalyst for TradFi–VASP relationships?\n\nDay 1 of the conference saw Ned Conway, Executive Secretary of the Wolfsberg Group, moderate a high-level panel discussion featuring representatives from Circle, Bullish and Société Générale on the theme _“Bridging the TradFi–DeFi Gap.”_\n\nThe panel discussed the barriers to relationship building between traditional finance (TradFi) institutions such as banks and VASPs such as cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin issuers. The speakers noted that a lack of trust and understanding persists, particularly around risks specific to virtual assets.\n\nThat is one reason that TradFi is slow to onboard VASPs as clients and provide them with the banking services they need in order to operate. However, stablecoins are helping bridge this gap by bringing parts of the crypto universe under regulatory frameworks.\n\nTradFi institutions underlined that they would benefit from clearer scenarios from regulators on where collaboration and information sharing would be permissible between regulated entities and VASPs. Recent [guidance issued by regulators on stablecoins and virtual assets in Asia](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hkma.gov.hk\u002Fmedia\u002Feng\u002Fdoc\u002Fkey-functions\u002Fifc\u002Fstablecoin-issuers\u002FGuideline_on_supervision_of_licensed_stablecoin_issuers_eng.pdf), in particular, could help improve confidence both ways in the TradFi-VASP relationship.\n\n## Aligning risk appetite, due diligence and monitoring for suspicious activity\n\nOn Day 2, a dedicated Wolfsberg side event brought together VASPs, FinTech firms and traditional banks for in-depth discussions. Representatives from several Wolfsberg member banks – Deutsche Bank, Citi, UBS, Société Générale, and Bank of America – joined the sessions.\n\nThe agenda focused on frameworks for information sharing, but the discussions touched upon a range of hot topics including:\n\n*   risk appetite and the risk-based approach;\n*   payment transparency (i.e. the [travel rule](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eba.europa.eu\u002Fpublications-and-media\u002Fpress-releases\u002Feba-issues-travel-rule-guidance-tackle-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-transfers-funds-and)); and\n*   approaches to monitoring for suspicious activity.\n\nDuring the discussions, participants highlighted that one of the main barriers to effective collaboration between traditional financial institutions and VASPs is a lack of mutual trust. Both sectors face difficulties in interacting with each other.\n\nThe [Wolfsberg Correspondent Banking Due Diligence Questionnaire](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002Fresources?type=cbddq-fccq&category=questionnaires) (CBDDQ) is useful for setting standards, but onboarding challenges could be overcome by framing risk in common language. Many viewed the current onboarding approaches as fragmented, and expressed strong support for the Wolfsberg Group to develop standardised guidance and a due diligence questionnaire for VASPs.\n\nQuestions remain about what is “reasonable” and “risk-based” for VASPs, especially for smaller institutions, and whether banks should monitor blockchain transactions themselves. VASPs need to be able to articulate their risk appetite, and how this changes as they continue to develop innovative products and services.\n\nVASP participants viewed the Wolfsberg Group’s [Stablecoin Guidance](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002Fresources\u002F204\u002F) as applicable beyond stablecoin issuers to the wider VASP ecosystem. This is particularly true for the tailored questions on the underlying control environment, and the linking of risk appetite directly to monitoring approaches.\n\n## Improving private-private information sharing on suspicious activity\n\nDiscussion on information sharing between TradFi and VASPs highlighted that this can rely heavily on personal relationships across entities, limiting scalability.\n\nVASPs showed concern around sharing wallet addresses under private-to-private information sharing frameworks, given geopolitical trends and concerns around the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). However, consensus emerged that better data sharing both increases the quality of suspicious activity reports (SARs) and reduces SAR volumes.\n\nParticularly on this latter point, activities often thought to be suspicious in a silo are better understood when viewed from multiple perspectives, confirming the importance of information exchange.\n\n## Continuing to build bridges as the financial system evolves\n\nBridging the gap between TradFi and DeFi remains a central theme in the Wolfsberg Group’s strategy. The Vienna events offered a unique opportunity to engage key stakeholders across the sector and advance this important dialogue.\n\nThe side event was opened by Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director of the Basel Institute on Governance. The Wolfsberg Group extends its sincere thanks to the Basel Institute for the opportunity to co-host this side event and to participate in the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets.\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   Learn more about the [Wolfsberg Group](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002F) and explores its guidance and [resources](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002Fresources) on managing financial crime risk, including its [Stablecoin Guidance](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002Fresources\u002F204\u002F).\n*   Learn more about the [9th Global Conference](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fglobal-experts-advance-joint-fight-against-crypto-enabled-crime) and see selected recordings.\n*   Find out about the [10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002F10crc) on 15–16 September 2026 in 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the date: 10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets","News","The fight against criminal misuse of cryptoassets enters its next chapter.\n\nJoin us on 15–16 September 2026 for the 10th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets – held this year in Luxembourg at the European Convention Centre and online.\n\nThis landmark edition will be hosted by Luxembourg’s [Bureau de gestion des avoirs](https:\u002F\u002Fbga.gouvernement.lu\u002Ffr.html) (BGA), alongside the Basel Institute on Governance, Europol and UNODC as co-organisers.\n\nRenowned as a leading global forum, the conference brings together practitioners from across sectors and regions to tackle the evolving threats posed by criminal exploitation of cryptoassets and related services.\n\nExpect cutting-edge insights, candid exchanges and practical solutions aimed at safeguarding individuals, businesses and the integrity of financial systems worldwide.\n\n*   Day 1 – 15 September: Open to experts from all sectors, with a strong focus on public–private collaboration, emerging risks and real-world practice.\n*   Day 2 – 16 September: Reserved for public authorities, including law enforcement, prosecutors, financial intelligence units, asset management offices and regulators, with in-depth case studies and operational insights.\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   See more information on the official [10th Global Conference event page](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002F10crc).\n*   Sign up to the [conference mailing list](http:\u002F\u002Feepurl.com\u002FiCwSMo) to be notified when registration opens.\n*   If you would like to submit a proposal to present, moderate a panel discussion or lead a breakout session, [please use this 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Andersen: Foreword to the Basel AML Index report","\u003Cp>In a world that feels increasingly unsettled, with rising concerns over corruption, organised crime and illicit finance, it is encouraging to see that the Basel AML Index does not show global money laundering risks getting worse. The average score across all jurisdictions has even improved slightly – and in today’s climate even a modest hint of progress is worth noting. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>Still, we all know that global averages are hardly meaningful. What matters is what people experience in their own countries and regions, where threats like corruption, fraud, environmental crime and drug trafficking continue to evolve fast and affect their everyday lives. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>I have spent more than two decades working to strengthen governance and the rule of law around the world, and I have seen firsthand the power of data and evidence to drive change. With respect to complex topics such as corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes, this is no simple task. They are difficult to define, to quantify and to track over time. But unless we make a sincere effort to assess the risks, and acknowledge where the gaps and uncertainties lie, policymakers and practitioners are left working in the dark. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>This is the purpose of the Basel AML Index. It is not a simple score to be copy-pasted into a risk assessment or put out in a press release. It is a tool to explore what lies behind a jurisdiction’s risk profile. Many users rely on the headline Public Edition score, but there is much to be gained by looking deeper. The Expert Edition, free for the public sector, non-profits, academia and the media, and reasonably priced for private firms, gives an overview of all 17 indicators and supports more informed decisions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>Look behind the curtain and you will see that the Basel AML Index recognises that tackling money laundering is not only about laws, regulations and enforcement. It also depends on independent political and legal systems, a free and active media and real accountability in the public sector. These elements are essential to a jurisdiction’s resilience to financial crime, so the Basel AML Index incorporates measures of these as well as other factors more commonly associated with financial crime. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>Measurement alone, however, is not enough; it is just the starting point for progress. That is why the Basel Institute works directly with partner countries to help them understand their risks and strengthen their resilience to money laundering and related financial crimes. We often undertake this work in the context of preparations for Financial Action Task Force (FATF) evaluations or ongoing efforts to leave the FATF grey list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>Last month we welcomed Mozambique’s exit from the grey list after intensive work by our team and other partners to support improvements in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and asset recovery capacity. Similar assistance is underway with other partner countries, and we continue to engage with FATF-style regional bodies such as GAFILAT and ESAAMLG as an active observer member. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>If we can say one thing for sure about the future, it is that financial crime will continue to evolve at speed. But I remain hopeful, because progress in tackling it is possible when decisions are rooted in solid evidence. By shedding light on the underlying factors driving money laundering risks at the jurisdiction level, the Basel AML Index aims to help focus attention and resources where they matter most. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002F\">Explore the Basel AML Index\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fbasel-aml-index-2025\">download this year's report\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","2025-12-11","elizabeth-andersen-foreword-to-the-basel-aml-index-report",[6,29],[29],[853],"Asset Recovery & Enforcement",[29],{"id":856,"storage":135,"filename_disk":857,"filename_download":858,"title":859,"type":308,"created_on":860,"modified_on":861,"charset":7,"filesize":862,"width":863,"height":864,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":7,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":865,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":861},"ed3f18dd-4ed7-474a-911d-3048d406faf7","ed3f18dd-4ed7-474a-911d-3048d406faf7.jpg","Elizabeth-Andersen_colored_horizontal_1.jpg","Elizabeth Andersen Colored Horizontal 1","2025-12-11T09:54:59.000Z","2025-12-11T09:55:00.000Z",1715763,4121,2561,{},[],[],[],[],[],[],[],{"id":874,"status":132,"date_created":875,"date_updated":876,"title":877,"type":695,"body":878,"date":283,"topic":7,"slug":879,"activity":7,"nid":7,"topics":880,"activities":881,"programme":882,"area":884,"websites":886,"language":281,"image":887,"translation_of":7,"countries":898,"tags":899,"authors":918,"images":934,"translations":935,"content":936,"translations_news":937},10588,"2025-12-05T11:07:25.000Z","2026-06-24T13:41:09.000Z","Key findings of the Basel AML Index 2025","\u003Cem>The following are key findings of the 14th Basel AML Index Public Edition – an independent, data-based ranking of money laundering and related financial crime risks worldwide. \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Risk, as measured by the Basel AML Index, is defined as a country's vulnerability to money laundering and related financial crimes and its capacities to counter these threats. The Index does not attempt to measure the actual amount of money laundering activity. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002Fdownloads\">Download the full report and related resources.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>\n\n## Not a race to the bottom – but a slow drift towards the middle\n\n\u003Cstrong>The global average score in the Basel AML Index improved only slightly in 2025\u003C\u002Fstrong>, from 5.30 to 5.28 (on a 0–10 scale where 10 equals maximum risk). The change is statistically insignificant. However, the fact that the global average is not \u003Cem>worsening \u003C\u002Fem>offers some reassurance that efforts to counter money laundering are not being entirely outpaced by fast-moving threats, including the rising use of virtual assets and artificial intelligence for illicit purposes.\n\n\u003Cstrong>Thirteen new jurisdictions were added to this year’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Findex.baselgovernance.org\u002Franking\">Public Edition\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fstrong>due to an increase in available data, bringing the total number covered to 177. Myanmar, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo remain at the top of the risk ranking. Finland is newly crowned as the lowest-risk jurisdiction for money laundering this year, despite a modest increase in its risk score, followed by Iceland and San Marino.\n\nOf the jurisdictions already assessed in last year’s Public Edition, 54 percent (88 jurisdictions) improved their risk scores this year. Forty-three percent (71 jurisdictions) saw their scores worsen and 3 percent (five jurisdictions) remained unchanged.\n\n\u003Cstrong>Overall, the global picture shows a slow drift towards the middle\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Improvements among several higher-risk jurisdictions – particularly in Africa – are encouraging, but they are offset by gradual declines among historically strong performers.\n\n## How jurisdictions performed across different risk domains\n\n\u003Cstrong>There was modest progress in the strength and quality of AML\u002FCFT\u002FCPF frameworks globally\u003C\u002Fstrong>, with the average risk level improving from 5.58 to 5.54. Risk levels in corruption and fraud also edged down (5.12 to 5.09).\n\n\u003Cstrong>One of the most notable deteriorations occurred in the area of financial transparency and standards\u003C\u002Fstrong>, highlighting growing concerns about beneficial ownership transparency and weaknesses in tax and financial regulation. This is particularly troubling at a time when mechanisms for evading oversight – such as the use of virtual assets (see page 19) – are expanding. Risks related to public accountability also increased slightly, from 4.23 to 4.35.\n\nIn terms of political and legal risks, the lack of meaningful change in the global average (from 4.45 to 4.46) masks significant variation between regions and individual jurisdictions.\n\n## Regional picture\n\n\u003Cstrong>Four regions saw their average risk scores increase\u003C\u002Fstrong>: North America, the EU and Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa.\n\n\u003Cstrong>In the EU and Western Europe, roughly 40 percent of jurisdictions received worse scores than last year\u003C\u002Fstrong>. While most remained in the same risk category, their worsening scores suggest that historically strong performers may now be stagnating or slipping back.\n\nIn contrast, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean saw small overall improvements.\n\n\u003Cstrong>Sub-Saharan Africa stands out\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Despite a still elevated regional average score (6.14), 70 percent of jurisdictions in this region improved significantly in 2025, and six left the FATF grey list after demonstrating improvements in their AML\u002FCFT frameworks. Seven of the top ten global improvers are African countries, and two – Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire – moved from the higher to the medium risk category.\n\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\n\u003Cstrong>Top 10 improvers (score ↓) \u003C\u002Fstrong>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\n\u003Cstrong>Top 10 decliners (score ↑) \u003C\u002Fstrong>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Liberia, Mozambique, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Burkina Faso, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Nigeria, Mali, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Tanzania, Côte d’Ivoire, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Armenia, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Philippines, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Croatia \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Kazakhstan, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Lithuania, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Serbia, Costa Rica, Germany, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Suriname, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Barbados, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Greece, \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>Nicaragua \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n## A more nuanced understanding of risk levels\n\nThe overall picture is not one of global decline, but of a gradual clustering in the middle of the risk spectrum. 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