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Many countries in South Asia and Asia pacific rank among the top listers facing money laundering and terrorist financing risk

Global IndexesAug 22, 2021
Many countries in South Asia and Asia pacific rank among the top listers facing money laundering and terrorist financing risk
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The Basel AML Index annually assesses the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) around the world. The risk score covers five domains; namely: Quality of Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Framework, Bribery and Corruption, Financial Transparency and Standards, Public Transparency and Accountability, Legal and Political Risks. Overall, in defining a country’s vulnerability to ML/TF and its capacities to counter it, the South Asian region has shown the highest overall risk score exceeding the global average across all categories.

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