AML/CFT compliance reference
AML/CFT Regulation: A Global Reference Guide
An overview of anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing regulation worldwide, how the FATF standard sets the global baseline, and how national regimes implement it. Links to detailed guides for each major jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction guides
Each guide covers the primary statutes, the regulators and financial intelligence unit, the sanctions authority and designation lists firms must screen against, and the most significant recent reforms.
- AustraliaAustralia AML/CFT RegulationA reference guide to Australia's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-financing framework: AUSTRAC as combined regulator and FIU, the AML/CTF Act 2006, the DFAT sanctions regime, and the 2024 'Tranche 2' reforms expanding the regime to non-financial businesses.
- CanadaCanada AML/CFT RegulationA reference guide to Canada's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing framework: FINTRAC as combined FIU and supervisor, the PCMLTFA, the autonomous sanctions administered by Global Affairs Canada, and recent reforms.
- European UnionEU Anti-Money-Laundering Framework: History and Current StateAn overview of the EU's AML/CFT legal framework, from the 1AMLD–6AMLD directive lineage to the 2024 AML Package's single rulebook, AMLD6, and the new AMLA authority.
- FATFFATF — The Global AML/CFT Standard-SetterThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) sets the global standard for combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing through its 40 Recommendations, mutual evaluations, and public lists.
- Hong KongHong Kong AML/CFT Framework — A Reference GuideA reference overview of Hong Kong's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing framework, the bodies that supervise it, and the sanctions-screening obligations it imposes.
- JapanJapan AML/CFT Framework: A Reference GuideAn overview of Japan's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing regime, its supervisory bodies, legislative history, and the obligations placed on regulated entities.
- SingaporeSingapore AML/CFT Framework: A Reference GuideAn overview of Singapore's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing regime, its supervisory bodies, legislative history, and core obligations.
- SwitzerlandSwitzerland AML/CFT RegulationA reference guide to Switzerland's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing framework: FINMA and the self-regulatory-organisation model, the history of the AMLA (GwG), the SECO sanctions regime, and the 2025 transparency reforms.
- United Arab EmiratesUAE AML/CFT Framework — Reference GuideAn overview of the United Arab Emirates' anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing framework, its supervisory bodies, legislative history, and core obligations.
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom AML/CFT: A Reference GuideAn overview of the United Kingdom's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing framework, the bodies that run it, its statutory history, and the core obligations on regulated firms.
- United StatesUnited States AML/CFT Framework: A Reference GuideAn overview of the US anti-money-laundering and sanctions framework, the authorities that administer it, its legislative history, and current obligations.
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General information, not legal advice. These guides are provided for general informational purposes and reflect publicly available sources as of 2026-06-20. They are not legal advice and may not reflect the most recent changes. ProofAML is not an issuing authority. Confirm any obligation against the relevant primary authority before relying on it.