“SUPPRESSION LAUNDERING”: USING FATF AS A FIG LEAF TO TARGET CIVIL SOCIETY

On 13 June, a Policy Brief from RUSI examines how the FATF standards have been abused or misused, and the impact of this abuse on civil society.  The article investigated how the FATF’s anti-financial crime standards have been co-opted to meet authoritarian ends.  The term ‘Authoritarian Abuses’ refers to deliberate state misuse of the compliance regime underpinned by the FATF, with the purpose of suppressing targets and pursuing other interests.

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/policy-briefs/suppression-laundering-using-fatf-fig-leaf-target-civil-society

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Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section

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