Thailand's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

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Thailand

Overall, Thailand has made good progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER.

  • Recommendations 13, 16, 19 and 20 have been re-rated form Parially Compliant to Largely Compliant

Thailand has also made progress on Recommendations that were amended after the adoption of its MER in 2017.

  • Thailand has been re-rated to Compliant on Recommendation 2 and rated Largely Compliant on Recommendation 21. 

Thailand will remain in enhanced follow-up, and will continue to report back to the APG on progress to strengthen its implementation of AML/CFT measures.  Thailand’s third progress report is due 1 February 2022.

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Technical Compliance

Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

Thailand Follow-Up Report 2021

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
PC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
C
R.3 - Money laundering offence
LC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
LC
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
LC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
LC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
LC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
LC
R.10 - Customer due diligence
LC
R.11 - Record keeping
LC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
LC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
LC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
LC
R.15 - New technologies
LC
R.16 - Wire transfers
LC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
C
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
LC
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
LC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
LC
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
LC
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
NC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
PC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
PC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
PC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
PC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
LC
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
PC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
LC
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
LC
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
LC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
LC
R.35- Sanctions
PC
R.36 - International instruments
LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
C
R.39 - Extradition
LC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

C = compliant   |   LC = largely compliant     |   PC = partially compliant   |   NC = non-compliant

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Earlier reports

  • 20 Sep 2018

    Thailand's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report analyses the progress of Thailand in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER.

  • 28 Dec 2017

    Thailand's measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation This APG report provides a summary of the anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures in place in Thailand as at the date of the end of the on-site visit (11 November 2016). It analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of Thailand’s AML/CFT system, and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened. This mutual evaluation report was adopted by the APG at its annual meeting in July 2017.

  • 24 Jul 2007

    Mutual Evaluation of Thailand Thailand is a member of APG, the assessment of the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT measures in Thailand was conducted by the International Monetary Fund. The evaluation report was adopted by APG.