Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report on red flag indicators to assist financial institutions in identifying and reporting potential money laundering and terrorist financing activities involving virtual assets The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published in September 2020, a FATF report on “Virtual Assets – Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing” (FATF Report).
This report reviews the impact of significant changes in the industry since the publication of the 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study in 2018. It provides novel insights into the state of the cryptoasset industry, having gathered data from 280 companies in 59 countries and across four main market segments – exchanges, payments, custody and mining.