FATF-style regional bodies

E403028

anti-money laundering body type counter-terrorist financing body type intergovernmental organization type

FATF-style regional bodies are intergovernmental organizations that mirror the Financial Action Task Force’s standards and methods at a regional level to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
FATF-style regional bodies canonical	1
Financial Action Task Force of Latin America	1
Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3973344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FATF-style regional bodies
Context triple: [Working Group on Risks, Trends and Methods, collaboratesWith, FATF-style regional bodies]

A. Financial Action Task Force
The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental body that develops and promotes global standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
B. Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism
The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) is a Council of Europe body that assesses member states’ compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
C. Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international network that facilitates cooperation and information sharing among national financial intelligence units to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
D. Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing
The Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing are international legal instruments that set common standards for preventing, criminalizing, and cooperating against money laundering and the financing of terrorism among member states.
E. European Union financial regulators
European Union financial regulators are the network of EU-level and national authorities responsible for overseeing and enforcing financial laws, consumer protection, and market stability across the European Union’s financial system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FATF-style regional bodies
Target entity description: FATF-style regional bodies are intergovernmental organizations that mirror the Financial Action Task Force’s standards and methods at a regional level to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.

A. Financial Action Task Force
The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental body that develops and promotes global standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
B. Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism
The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) is a Council of Europe body that assesses member states’ compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
C. Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international network that facilitates cooperation and information sharing among national financial intelligence units to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
D. Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing
The Council of Europe conventions on money laundering and terrorist financing are international legal instruments that set common standards for preventing, criminalizing, and cooperating against money laundering and the financing of terrorism among member states.
E. European Union financial regulators
European Union financial regulators are the network of EU-level and national authorities responsible for overseeing and enforcing financial laws, consumer protection, and market stability across the European Union’s financial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-money laundering body type ⓘ counter-terrorist financing body type ⓘ intergovernmental organization type ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance global AML/CFT network coverage ⓘ promote effective implementation of FATF standards at regional level ⓘ
appliesStandards	FATF Recommendations ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units ⓘ Financial Action Task Force ⓘ International Monetary Fund ⓘ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ World Bank ⓘ
focusesOn	anti-money laundering frameworks ⓘ beneficial ownership transparency ⓘ counter-terrorist financing frameworks ⓘ financial sector supervision for AML/CFT ⓘ law enforcement cooperation on financial crime ⓘ proliferation financing controls ⓘ
followsStandardsOf	Financial Action Task Force ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	FSRBs ⓘ
hasActivity	facilitating regional cooperation on AML/CFT ⓘ monitoring implementation of FATF standards ⓘ mutual evaluations of member jurisdictions ⓘ providing technical assistance and training ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	FATF observer or associate status ⓘ peer review mechanisms ⓘ regional focus ⓘ
hasMemberType	regional organizations ⓘ sovereign states ⓘ territories ⓘ
hasPurpose	combating money laundering ⓘ combating proliferation financing ⓘ combating related financial crimes ⓘ combating terrorist financing ⓘ
includes	Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering ⓘ Caribbean Financial Action Task Force ⓘ Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism ⓘ linked to: Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group ⓘ Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism ⓘ Financial Action Task Force of Latin America ⓘ linked to: FATF-style regional bodies Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa ⓘ Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force ⓘ linked to: FATF-style regional bodies Task Force on Money Laundering in Central Africa ⓘ
modeledAfter	Financial Action Task Force ⓘ
subclassOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ international organization ⓘ international standard-setting body type ⓘ
usesMethodology	FATF mutual evaluation methodology ⓘ risk-based approach to AML/CFT ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Working Group on Risks, Trends and Methods → collaboratesWith → FATF-style regional bodies ⓘ

FATF-style regional bodies → includes → Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force ⓘ

linked to: FATF-style regional bodies

FATF-style regional bodies → includes → Financial Action Task Force of Latin America ⓘ