Weaponised AML

Financial Action Task Force success in advancing standards to thwart the flow of illicit finance in a few decades is extraordinary, but consequential potent laws and controls are at risk of perversion by ruling elites to curb political opponents. Keith Nuthall, in Ottawa, Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi& Elizia Volkmann, in Tunisexamine this worrying abuse of power.

Financial Action Task Force success in advancing standards to thwart the flow of illicit finance in a few decades is extraordinary, but consequential potent laws and controls are at risk of perversion by ruling elites to curb political opponents. Keith Nuthall, in Ottawa, Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi& Elizia Volkmann, in Tunisexamine this worrying abuse of power.