Financial Intelligence Units An Overview

This handbook considers a range of issues involved in developing effective strategies to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism through the creation of financial intelligence units (FIUs). Topics discussed include: key steps involved in establishing an FIU; different types such as administrative, law enforcement, judicial and hybrid FIUs; core functions; organisation and staffing; reporting standards; dissemination of financial intelligence to appropriate authorities; and international assessments. Examples of existing FIU settings and arrangements are given from a number of different countries in order to provide policymakers with the widest bank of country experiences and examples of good practice which can be applied to individual country jurisdictions as appropriate