AML & Financial Crime Glossary

Clear definitions for compliance professionals working across KYC, AML, and financial crime programs.

Browse by category

Browse A-Z

Showing 80 terms

A

AML/CFT Framework

Ancillary Offense

Anti-Money Laundering Authority

Apparent Violation

Asset Forfeiture

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Automated Account Monitoring

B

BSA E-Filing System

Beneficial Owner Identification

C

Cash-Intensive Business

Civil Forfeiture

Continuing Activity SAR

Counter-Proliferation Financing

Counter-Terrorist Financing

Criminal Prosecution

Crowdfunding for Terrorism

Cuckoo Smurfing

Currency Transaction Report

Customer Risk Profile

Customer Risk Rating

D

Designated Persons and Entities

Documentary Verification

E

Environmental Crime Proceeds

Escalation to MLRO

F

FATF Recommendation 6

FATF Recommendation 7

FATF-Style Regional Bodies

FinCEN SAR (Form 111)

Financial Conduct Authority

Football Sector Laundering

Foreign Terrorist Fighter Financing

Freezing Without Delay

G

Gold-Based Laundering

I

Immediate Outcomes

J

M

Matters Requiring Attention

Micro-Structuring

N

Nature and Purpose of Business Relationship

Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Abuse

O

Occasional Transaction Threshold

Ongoing Due Diligence

P

Palermo Convention

Periodic Review

Predicate Offense

Prepaid Card Laundering

Professional Money Laundering

Proliferation Financing

R

Regulatory Fine

S

SAR Confidentiality

Sanctions Designation

Sanctions Evasion

State Sponsorship of Terrorism

Supervisory Action

T

Targeted Financial Sanctions

Terrorist Financing

Terrorist Financing Indicators

Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment

Transaction Monitoring Rules

Travel Rule Compliance

U

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2462

V

VAT Carousel Fraud

Vienna Convention

W

Weapons of Mass Destruction