FATF Plenary (19-21 Feb 2025) addressed illicit finance, online child exploitation, financial inclusion, and high-risk jurisdictions, emphasising digital assets, corruption, and cross-border financial flows

The strategic initiatives include: FATF revised Standards to enhance financial inclusion for 1.4bn unbanked, promoting a RBA and encouraging SDD for lower-risk scenarios.  A landmark report was approved, using FATF’s Global Network to link financial transactions to offenders and enabling earlier intervention in online child sexual exploitation…