The Responsible and Secure Business (NRS) initiative was established in 2009 out of the need to articulate efforts in the country within the framework of the anti-money laundering system, and specifically with the objective of migrating from individual actions to collective actions.

NRS was born as an alliance between the public sector (regulatory and justice) and the private sector (financial and real), to prevent and control money laundering, terrorist financing and smuggling in the business sector in Colombia. This alliance has contributed to the following:

• Private sector: Encouraging and facilitating the integration of anti-money laundering measures in the business sector risk management model.
• Public sector: Proposing measures to improve the regulation, control, and implementation of the anti-money laundering system in the business sector.
• Both sectors: Committing the public and business sectors to dialogue and articulate within Responsible and Secure Business.