Egmont Group Documents

The Egmont Group - Financial Intelligence Units of the World

Financial Intelligence Units around the world as of June 2005

Egmont Group
October 2005

Information Paper on Financial Intelligence Units and the Egmont Group

Over the past years, specialized governmental agencies have been created as countries develop systems to deal with the problem of money laundering and other financial crimes. These entities are commonly referred to as “financial intelligence units” or “FIUs”. They offer law enforcement agencies around the world an important avenue for information exchange. A FIU, quite simply, is a central office that obtains financial reports information, processes it in some way and then discloses it to an appropriate government authority in support of a national anti-money laundering effort. FIUs have attracted increasing attention with their ever more important role in anti-money laundering programs. They are able to provide a rapid exchange of information (between financial institutions and law enforcement / prosecutorial authorities, as well as between jurisdictions), while protecting the interests of the innocent individuals contained in their data.

Egmont Group
September 2004

Statement of Purpose of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units

As originally approved in Madrid on 24 June 1997, amended at The Hague on 13 June 2001, in Sydney on 23 July 2003 and in Guernsey on 23 June 2004.

Egmont Group
June 2004