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Luxembourg’s Compliance with Anti-Terrorist Financing (ATF) Under Scrutiny
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of Luxembourg’s compliance with anti-terrorist financing (ATF) standards, highlighting several areas where improvements are needed.
Assessment Report Highlights Technical Deficiencies
The Mutual Evaluation Report 2023 reveals that while Luxembourg has made progress in implementing the FATF international standards, there are still significant technical deficiencies to be addressed. The report assesses Luxembourg’s risk-based approach to combating money laundering and terrorist financing, finding:
- Good understanding of risks
- Lacking effective mechanisms for confiscating the proceeds of crime
- Focus on disrupting predicate crimes rather than addressing the laundering of these proceeds
Positive Notes and Areas for Improvement
The FATF report praises Luxembourg’s coordination with international partners and its development of high-quality financial intelligence, which is shared with law enforcement bodies and other authorities. However, it notes that this information should lead to more money laundering and terrorist financing investigations.
Luxembourg has been placed in an enhanced follow-up process, requiring regular reports on the progress made in addressing technical compliance deficiencies. The country will be re-rated based on its progress, but the effectiveness of its actions will not be assessed until the 5th round of mutual evaluations.
Areas for Improvement
The report highlights several areas where Luxembourg needs to improve:
- National cooperation and coordination
- Confiscation and provisional measures
- Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing
- Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
Luxembourg must address these deficiencies to ensure its compliance with FATF standards and effectively combat money laundering and terrorist financing.