Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit is a government agency established under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Cap. 373 of the Laws of Malta). It is the entity responsible for the collection, collation, processing, analysis and dissemination of information to combat money laundering and the funding of terrorism. The Unit is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the relevant legislative provisions.
News & Events
EBA publishes Guidelines on the Role and Responsibilities of the AML/CFT Compliance Officer
June 22, 2022
22nd June 2022 The FIAU would like to draw the attention of subject persons to the Guidelines published by the European Banking Authority (EBA), specifying the role and responsibilities of the anti-money laundering and counter funding of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance officer, and of the management body of credit or financial institutions. These guidelines aim to ensure a […]
Read MorePublication of 2021 FIAU Annual Report
June 21, 2022
21st June 2021 The FIAU has published its Annual Report for 2021. In his welcome note Director Kenneth Farrugia said that 2021 was another challenging year. The first six months involved intensive work to continue to implement all the recommendations made by MONEYVAL. Nevertheless, during the June plenary, the FATF decided to grey list Malta […]
Read MoreFATF Public Statements – 17 June 2022
June 21, 2022
21st June 2022 The FIAU would like to bring to your attention the latest FATF ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action‘ (previously known as ‘Public Statement’) and ‘Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring‘ (previously known as ‘Improving global AML/CFT compliance: on-going process’) documents issued by the FATF on 17 June 2022. A copy of these […]
Read MoreEuropean Union adopts 6th Package of Restrictive Measures related to the Crisis in Ukraine
June 8, 2022
8th June 2022 On 3 June 2022 a sixth (6th) package of restrictive measures against Russia and Belarus was adopted by the Council of the European Union (EU). Apart from imposing restrictions that are of relevance to all subject persons, this package imposes or clarifies existing restrictions on the provision of trustee, accounting, auditing and […]
Read MoreNotice – CBAR System – Downtime
June 1, 2022
1st June 2022 The FIAU would like to inform all CBAR users that on Friday 10th June 2022 there will be scheduled down time between 07:30 and 13:00. During this maintenance window, the CBAR Portal (cbar.fiaumalta.org) will be inaccessible. All operations around the platform will resume immediately after the maintenance window. The FIAU will be […]
Read MoreEBA statement on financial inclusion in the context of the invasion of Ukraine
April 28, 2022
28th April 2022 The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to bring to your attention the fact that the European Banking Authority (EBA) has just published a statement on financial inclusion in the context of the invasion of Ukraine. The purpose of the statement is to ensure that both financial institutions and supervisors make […]
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