The Financial Action Task Force and Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) mutual evaluation of Malaysia assessed the effectiveness of the country’s anti-money laundering, countering terrorist financing and proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF) measures, and their level of compliance with the FATF Recommendations, at the time of an on-site visit in February 2025.
The FATF Recommendations are the internationally endorsed global standards against money laundering and terrorist financing: they increase transparency and enable countries to successfully take action against illicit use of their financial system.
FATF launched a Money Laundering (ML) National Risk Assessment (NRA) toolkit designed to help countries develop and strengthen their risk-based approach to fighting financial crime.
An assessment of India's measures to tackle illicit finance concludes that the country has implemented an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework that is achieving good results.
The FATF carries out research into evolving methods and trends to assist countries in identifying, assessing and understanding their money laundering and terrorist financing risks. Once these risks are properly understood, countries will be able to implement more effective measures to mitigate the risks.
France has a robust and sophisticated framework to fight money laundering and terrorist financing that is effective in many respects, notably in law enforcement, confiscation areas and international cooperation.
The effectiveness of measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing depend on a country's assessment and understanding of the risks it is exposed to, and the extent to which it has mitigated these risks. This page includes examples of published national risk assessments NRAs and regional risk assessments.
Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. The FATF now also identifies Kuwait and Papua New Guinea.