International Collaboration of the AMLC

The Anti-Money Laundering Centre (AMLC) plays a pivotal role in international collaborations to combat money laundering, engaging with a variety of networks and initiatives aimed at improving financial safety and law enforcement capabilities. Key international partnerships include:

AMON: Anti Money Laundering Operational Network

AMON is an international network focused on anti-money laundering operations. Members are financial specialists and representatives of investigation services from around 30 countries. Employees of investigation services can make use of the network through their AMON representative for information and knowledge transfer and good practices in the field of money laundering.

FATF: Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

The FATF is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to concerned with combating money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF has drafted 40 recommendations and expects member countries to implement them in national laws and regulations and ensure an effective system in combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Furthermore, the FATF conducts country evaluations and publishes typology reports. Currently, 36 countries are members of the FATF and more than 180 countries are affiliated with regional organisations. The Netherlands is a member of the FATF and staff from the AMLC play an active role in country evaluations and working groups.

EMPACT: European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats

EMPACT is a European Commission initiative to tackle organised crime within the EU. EMPACT promotes knowledge sharing and development, training, intelligence and analysis sharing, and operational actions and investigations on different forms of crime. The AMLC is an active participant.

EFIPPP: Europol's Financial Intelligence Public Private Partnership

EFIPPP is a Europol initiative in which investigative agencies, FIU and European banks work together, sharing mutual knowledge and information on money laundering phenomena and broad developments. The AMLC is a member of the steering committee and leads efforts on typologies and threat assessments, with concrete results including an annual Threat radar and the Circumvention of Sanctions report. 

J5: Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement

J5 is a partnership between the tax (investigation) services of the Netherlands, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. It focuses on strengthening operational cooperation in the fight against international tax evasion and money laundering. Within the J5, data is jointly analysed, tooling is developed and intelligence on professional facilitators is shared. All this is aimed at initiating and conducting investigations with mutual interests. FIOD/AMLC participates in the ‘Professional enablers’, ‘Partnership Action Group’ and ‘Data and Platforms’ sections and contributes developed tooling to analyse big data positions.

These collaborations demonstrate the AMLC's commitment to a coordinated international response against money laundering, utilizing shared knowledge, tools, and strategic partnerships to protect the global financial system.