Crypto travel rule implementation ‘remains relatively poor,’ says FATF
A renewed call from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has asked countries to implement the “travel rule” to combat money laundering and terrorism financing activities enabled by cryptocurrencies.
On June 23, the United Nations body — whose role is to promote strategies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing — explained that “many” member states have failed to implement the rule.
The call comes after a series of FATF meetings at its headquarters in Paris.
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FATF claimed “more than half” of respondents in a survey said they had taken no action to implement the rule:
FATF urged countries to implement anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) measures on crypto-related activities “without delay” in order to prevent “criminals” from exploiting “significant loopholes” not protected by regulation.
A March 2022 survey by FAFT found only 29 of 98 jurisdictions at the time passed the requirements needed as part of the travel rules and a small subset of these jurisdictions had started enforcement.
The FAFT travel rule was implemented to target the anonymity of illegal cryptocurrency transactions. It was introduced in June 2019 and last updated in June 2022. A further update of the rules was agreed to by FATF members at the meetings.
Lack of regulation of virtual assets in many countries creates opportunities that criminals and terrorist financiers exploit.The FATF is closely monitoring global implementation
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