Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Identify three important tasks that FATF focusses on to fill its objectives

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1) spreading anti-ML messages worldwide
2) monitoring implementation of the FTF recommendations among FATF members
3) reviewing ML trends, and countermeasures

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According to FATF 40 recommendations, complete set of counter measures against money laundering and terrorist financing cover what six elements

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I’d of:
-risks
-development of appropriate policies
-criminal justice system, and law enforcement
-Financial system and its regulation
-Transparency of legal persons and arrangements
-international cooperation

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Describe FATS recommendation 15 concerning new products, delivery mechanisms, and technologies

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Countries and financial organizations should assess the risk associated with the development of new products, business practices, delivery mechanisms, and technology. They should assess these risks prior to launching new products and take appropriate measures to mitigate the identified risk.

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What are the topics of the six principles set for in the basil committee statement of principles, called prevention of criminal use of the banking system for the purpose of money laundering

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-customer ID
-Compliance with laws
-conformity with high ethical standards and local laws and regulations
-Cooperation with natural law enforcement to the extent permitted without breaching customer confidentiality
-Staff training
-recordkeeping and audits

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According to the basal committees, January 2014 guidelines, sound management of risk related to money, laundering, and financing of terrorism, what control should banks implement?

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-Risk analysis and governance
-3 lines of defence
-customer due diligence and acceptance
-Transaction monitoring systems and ongoing monitoring
-Management of information
-Reporting of suspicious transactions and asset freezing

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According to the basil committee KYC guidance what are the four key elements of a KYC program?

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1) customer ID
2) risk management
3) customer acceptance policy
4) ongoing monitoring

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Describe the elements that should be addressed in the global approach KKYC, as identified in the basil committees October 2004 paper, consolidated Kyc risk management

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-Risk management
-customer acceptance and identification policy
-ongoing monitoring of high risk accounts

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How does the scope of the European Union third money laundering directive differ from the second money laundering directive

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-It specifically includes the category and service providers
-it covers all dealers trading in goods who trade in cash over €15,000
-Expand the definition of financial institution to include certain insurance intermediary

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How is the private banking account defined under section 312 of the USA patriot act

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-Private banking account is defined as an account with a minimum aggregate deposit of 1 million US
-an account for one or more non-US US person
-an account that is assigned to a bank employee acting as liaison with the non-US person

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What are the primary ways in which the EU second money laundering directive expanded the scope of the first directive?

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-Extended the scope of the first directive beyond drug related crimes
-expanded the definition of criminal activity to cover not just drug trafficking but all serious crimes
-Brought currency exchanges and money reminiscence offices under AML coverage
-Clarified the knowledge of criminal conduct can be inferred from objective factual circumstances
-Provided a more precise definition of money laundering
-widen the businesses and professions that are subject to obligations of the directive

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According to section 312 of the USA patriot act, do diligence programs for correspondent banks must address what three measures?

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-Determining whether enhanced diligence is necessary
-Assessing money, laundering risk presented by the correspondent account
-Applying risk based procedures and controls, reasonably detect, and report suspected money laundering

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What are FATF – designated threshold that should trigger AML scrutiny?

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-Should monitor for occasional customers is $15,000 US (rec10)
-Casinos, including Internet casinos 3000 US (rec 22)
-Dealers and precious metals when engage in any cash transaction 15,000 US (rec 22-23)

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Describe FATS recommendations regarding suspicious activity reporting

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-Financial organizations must report to the appropriate FIU when they suspect or have reasonable ground suspect that funds are the proceeds of crime or related to Terrorist financing
-Financial organizations and employees reporting such suspicious should be protected from liability for reporting and prohibited from disclosing that they have such a activity
-confidentiality regarding suspicious activity reports is critical to the effective functioning of reporting regime

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Wolfsburg group and FATF recommended what enhancing due diligence before commencing or continuing a business relationship with high risk customer

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-Obtaining approval of senior management to commence or continue business relationship
-first payment to be carried out through an account in the customers name with bank subject to some CDd standards

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Identify seven topics of international standards Inc. into the FATF 40 recommendations

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-AML/CFT policies and coordination (rec 1-2)
-Money, laundering and confiscation (3-4)
-terrorist financing and financing a proliferation (5-8)
-Financial and nonfinancial institution for preventative measures. (9-23)
-transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons in arrangements. (24-25)
-Powers and responsibilities of competent authorities and other institutional measures (26-35)
-international corporation (36-40)

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Describe FATS recommendation concerning risk based approach

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-countries should start by identifying, assessing, understanding, money, laundering, and terrorist financing risk they face
-take appropriate measures to mitigate identified risk
-it allows countries to allocate their limited resources in target manner in line with their own specific circumstances to increase efficiency of the preventative measures

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17
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Differentiate between what are referred to as FATf blacklist and Grey list

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Black list
-Countries and jurisdiction on blacklist have strategic deficiencies that are so serious the FATF calls on members and nonmembers to apply Edd
-and most serious cases counter measures

Grey list
-Countries intersections on green list are already actively engaging with ATF to dressed deficiencies in their to counter money, laundering, terror, financing, and proliferation financing
-Is under increased moderating. It means it has committed to swiftly resolve identified to deficiencies within an agreed-upon timeframe while the FATF keep it under close monitoring

18
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At high-level, what are the criteria from coming FATF member

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-should be strategically important based on quantitative (size of GDP,population) and qualitative indicators (impact on global financial system, level of AML risks faced) and additional considerations (level of adherence to financial sector standards) and FATF geographical balance should be enhance by the jurisdiction becoming a member

19
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Does the basil committee prohibit the use of numbered accounts?

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No
-Should be subjected to exactly the same Kyc procedures as other customer accounts
-KYC test may be carried out by select staff, but the identity of customers must be known to an adequate number of staff if the bank is to be sufficiently diligent.
-Should in no circumstance be used to hide customers identity from banks, compliance function from superiors

20
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What must you member countries do with EU directives

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Must transpose the directives into law

21
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What was considered a predicate offence for money laundering under the first EU money laundering Directive

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-first directive of 1991
-combined predicate offenses, money laundering to drug trafficking, as defined in the 1988 Geneva convention. However, member states were encouraged to extend offence to other crimes.

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What is the revised threshold for reporting suspicious transactions under the fourth EU money laundering directive

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-natural and legal persons trading and goods are covered to extent that they make or receive cash payments of 10,000 euro or more. This is decreased from 15,000 Euro.

23
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What are the 9FATF style regional bodies?

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  • Asia/pacific groups of money laundering (apg )
    -Caribbean financial action task force (cfatf)
  • Council of Europe committee of experts on the evaluation of AML measures and financing of terrorism (moneyval)
    -Eurasian group (eag)
    -Eastern and southern Africa AML group (esaamlg)
    -Financial action task force of Latin America (gafilat)
    -inter-governmental action group against money, laundering in West Africa (giaba)
    -middle East and North Africa financial action task force (menafatf)
    -task force on money laundering in Central Africa (GABAc)
24
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Which of the FATF style regional bodies, issued its own set of 90 recommendations which are specific to the region

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Caribbean financial action task force (cfatf)

25
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What’s permanent international organization was first reach an agreement on model legislation aimed specifically dealing with money laundering

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Organization of American states (oas) via the American drug abuse control commission

26
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What’s organization provides a forum for financial intelligence units around the world to improve cooperation and foster trust among countries to secure, share, sensitive information in the flight against money, laundering and financing a terrorism

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Egmont group of Financial Intelligence Units

27
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How does section 319(a ) the USA patriot affect non-US banks that have a account with US financial organization

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Greatly strengthened the forfeiture powers over the funds of foreign persons and organizations. If funds the US pursues are deposited in foreign bank that keeps bank account at a US Bank, US may bring a case forth for the crime tainted funds in the US account.

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What is the role of OFAC?

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Office of foreign assets control
-Division of the US Department of treasury that administers and forces, economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international necrotic, traffickers, and criminals, engage in activities related to the prolific weapons of mass destruction.
-imposes controls on transactions and freezes foreign assets under US jursidictions

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Describe wolfberg groups recommendation concerning correspondence banks due diligence on respondent banks

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-should be based on respondents risk profile and nature of business relationship
-Should address specific risk indicators, such as respondent geographic, risk, ownership, and management structures, customer base and products and services offered
-Determination of the level and scope of due diligence that is required on respondent bank should be made after considering the relationship between the respondent bank and ultimate parent if any

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According to the Basel committee, what are their responsibilities of the board of directors related to AML compliance?

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-plays critical oversight role
-Should approve and oversee policy for risk, risk management and compliance
-Clear, understanding of the money, laundering grass, including timely, complete, and accurate information related to the risk assessment
-along with senior management the board should appoint qualified chief aml officer with overall responsibility for aml function and provide this officer with sufficient resources to execute his responsibilities to oversee compliance with banks aml program

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According to basel committee, KSC policies and procedures, critical protecting safety and soundness of banks

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-Centers how many use of judges requirements to mitigate the dangers of corrupt customers. Without due diligence banks can be subject to reputational operational, legal, and concentration risk which result in insignificant financial cost.
-sound KC policies and procedures are critical to protecting safety and soundness of banks, as well as integrity of banking systems

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What is the purpose of a memorandum of understanding context of financial intelligence units conducting investigations

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-fiu tasked with receiving and analyzing SAR and maintaining close link with policy and custom authorities
-Share information among themselves informally in the context of investigations, usually on the basis of memoranda of understanding
-egmont group of FIU have established a model for MOU. Not typical used for obtaining evidence but for obtaining intelligence that might lead to evidence.

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What are FATf objectives?

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-Set Standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory , operation measures for combatting aml
-monitors countries, progress in implementing recommendations
-Review aml techniques and countermeasures
-promotes adoption and implementation of FATf objective

34
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Does FATF have power to impose, fines and penalties.

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No
-Do peer pressure, turkey in 1996 first to receive this
-put on Gray list

35
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What is FATF 3 main activities

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  • Standard setting
  • insuring effective compliance with standards
    -I’d ml/tf financing needs
36
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What are the FATF 40 recommendations?

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  • Detailed list of Appropriate standards for countries to implement
  • first issued in 1990
  • worlds blueprint for effective national and international AML/CFT
  • Recommendations sets minimum standards. This is due to countries can’t use identical measures to fight aml due to different legal and financial systems
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What do the 40 recommendations cover?

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  • id of risk
  • Development of appropriate policies
  • Criminal justice system and law-enforcement
    -financial system and regulation
    -Transparency of legal persons and arrangements
    -international cooperation
38
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What are the four key elements of a kyc program?

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  • customer ID
  • riskmanagement
  • customer acceptance policy
  • Ongoing monitoring
39
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What is the eggMont group of Financial Intelligence Units

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  • 1995 several FIU working together
  • Goal: provide form for FIU around world improve cooperation and establish environment needed to foster trust
  • Provides case studies
  • Report ID and frequent indicators of ML
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What is the Wolfsberg group?

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  • Association of global banks that aims to develop financial services, industry, standards, and guidance related to KIC, AML, counter terror financing
    -no enforcement powers
    -created in 2000 in Switzerland