This blog was originally published on the FCPA Blog, which was discontinued in February 2024.

Last week’s publication of our 10th annual Basel AML Index – which assesses money laundering risks around the world and ranks jurisdictions on how well they’re addressing them – has triggered two types of response.

This blog was originally published on the FCPA Blog, which was discontinued in February 2024.

The release on October 4 of the 11th Basel AML Index drew attention not only to its ranking of money laundering risks in 128 countries but for its stark message: in a fast-changing world, progress in addressing money laundering and terrorist financing risks is not moving fast enough.

This blog was originally published on the FCPA Blog, which was discontinued in February 2024.

The release on November 13 of the 12th Basel AML Index ranking of money laundering and terrorist financing risks in 152 jurisdictions takes a look at why risks are rising and what to make of the increased crypto scrutiny.

We are very happy to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) and the Basel Institute on Governance.

Our recently released Basel AML Index 2023 says that countries need to supercharge their efforts to understand the evolving financial crime risks of new technologies – especially cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets.

The Basel AML Index Expert Edition Plus subscription (free for practically all users outside the private sector) has introduced a new feature: an approach for predicting which jurisdictions are at risk of being placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list” of "jurisdictions under increased monitoring".