Spain’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

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Mutual Evaluation Report Spain - 2014

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FATF has completed its assessment of Spain’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system. 

Spain has a strong system to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, with up-to-date laws and regulations and sound institutions for combating these threats.  Certain key areas need improvements, such as the implementation of targeted financial sanctions to allow the freezing of terrorism-related assets and the terms of imprisonment for money laundering convictions, which are currently too low.    

The assessment of Spain is the first assessment to be completed using the 2012 FATF Recommendations, and the first country to undergo a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of its measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. 

The mutual evaluation report of Spain sets out how well Spain has implemented the  technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations and how effective its AML/CFT system is.  The report presents the key findings of the assessment team and the priority actions for Spain to improve its AML/CFT system.

 

Technical Compliance

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

Spain - Mutual Evaluation 2014

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

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

Effectiveness

Ratings that reflect the extent to which a country's measures are effective. The assessment is conducted on the basis of 11 immediate outcomes, which represent key goals that an effective AML/CFT system should achieve.

Ratings that reflect the extent to which a country's measures are effective. The assessment is conducted on the basis of 11 immediate outcomes, which represent key goals that an effective AML/CFT system should achieve.

Spain - Mutual Evaluation 2014

IO1
SE
IO2
SE
IO3
SE
IO4
ME
IO5
SE
IO6
HE
IO7
SE
IO8
SE
IO9
SE
IO10
ME
IO11
ME

HE = high level of effectiveness   |   SE = substantial level of effectiveness    |   ME = moderate level of effectiveness   |   LE = low level of effectiveness

See also

Earlier reports

  • 22 Oct 2010

    Follow-up Report to the Mutual Evaluation Report of Spain This follow-up report provides an overview of the main changes made to the AML/CFT system in Spain since the adoption of the mutual evaluation report of Spain in June 2006. In October 2010, the FATF recognised that Spain had made significant progress in addressing deficiencies identified in their mutual evaluation report and decided that the country should be removed from the regular follow-up process.
  • 23 Jun 2006

    Mutual Evaluation of Spain The key findings of the FATF Third Mutual Evaluation Report of Spain which was adopted by the FATF Plenary in June 2006.

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