ISO STANDARDS HELP ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PRACTITIONERS FIGHT DIRTY MONEY FLOWS

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization (ISO) (NOTE - IT USES 'Z's TO SPELL ITS NAME) is not one of the global three musketeers charged with fighting money laundering and terrorist financing - namely, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But that does not mean that its detailed and practical management and technical standards are not relevant to anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing (AML/CFT) specialists. Many of this Geneva-based international organisation's ...


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