| adb | Asian Development Bank |
| aeoi | Automatic Exchange of Information |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| aml | Anti-Money Laundering |
| apg | Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering |
| apuncac | Additional Protocol to the Merida Convention |
| asean | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU | African Union |
| bcbs | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| benelux | Union Économique Benelux |
| bis | Bank for International Settlements |
| bo | Beneficial Ownership |
| bsec | Black Sea Economic Co-operation |
| bstdb | Black Sea Foreign Trade and Investment Bank |
| can | Andean Community |
| carin | Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network |
| cbrs | Correspondent Banking Relationships |
| cdd | Customer Due Diligence |
| cemac | Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa |
| cfatf | Caribbean Financial Action Task Force |
| cft | Countering Financing of Terrorism |
| cicad | Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission |
| cicte | Inter-American Committee against Terrorism |
| clab | Anti-Money Laundering Liaison Committee of the Franc Zone |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| cops | Conference of the Parties |
| cosuns | Co-operating and Supporting Nations |
| cpf | Countering Proliferation Financing |
| cplp | Community of Portuguese Language Countries |
| csce | Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| cted | Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (see uncted) |
| ctitf | United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force |
| dario | Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organisations |
| dnfbps | Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions |
| eag | Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing |
| eba | European Banking Authority |
| ebrd | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
European Central Bank |
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| ecg | Evaluations and Compliance Group |
| echr | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ecj | European Court of Justice |
| ecowas | Economic Community of West African States |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| efta | European Free Trade Association |
| eoir | Exchange of Information on Request |
| esaamlg | Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group |
| EU | European Union |
| eurojust | European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Co-operation |
| europol | European Union Law Enforcement Agency |
| fao | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| fatf | Financial Action Task Force |
| fifa | Fédération Internationale de Football Association |
| fis | Financial Institutions |
| fius | Financial Intelligence Units |
| fsb | Financial Stability Board |
| fsrbs | Financial Action Task Force-Style Regional Bodies |
| FT | Financing of Terrorism |
| fur | Follow-up Report |
| gabac | Task Force on Money Laundering in Central Africa |
| gafilat | Financial Action Task Force of Latin America |
| gatt | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| giaba | Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa |
| gifcs | Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors |
| gncg | Global Network Co-ordination |
| hksar | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| hlpos | High-Level Principles and Objectives |
| hr | Human Rights |
| hrc | Human Rights Council |
| iaea | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| iais | International Association of Insurance Supervisors |
| ibrd | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| icao | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| icito | Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
International Co-operation Review Group |
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| idb | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ifcs | International Financial Centres |
| ifis | International Financial Institutions |
| igp | Internal Governance Principles |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ilo | International Labour Organisation |
| imf | International Monetary Fund |
| imo | International Maritime Organisation |
| INote | Interpretive Note |
| interpol | International Criminal Police Organisation |
| io | International Organisation |
| ioc | International Olympic Committee Board |
| iom | International Organisation for Migration |
| iosco | International Organisation of Securities Commissions |
| ipu | Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| itlos | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| ito | International Trade Organisation |
| itto | International Tropical Timber Organisation |
| jcpoa | Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action |
| jem | Joint Experts’ Meeting |
| kra | Key Recommended Actions |
| kyc | Know Your Customer |
| lccs | Low-Capacity Countries |
| me | Mutual Evaluation |
| menafatf | Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing to Countries in the Middle East and North Africa Region |
| mer | Mutual Evaluation Report |
| mercosur | Southern Common Market |
| ml | Money Laundering |
| moneyval | Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| msar | Macao Special Administrative Region |
| msbs | Money Service Businesses |
| mtos | Money Transfer Operators |
| mvts | Money Value Transfer Services |
| nafta | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| ncct | Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories |
Non-Governmental Organisations |
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| npos | Non-Profit Organisations |
| nra | National Risk Assessment |
| oas | Organisation of American States |
| oecd | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ogbs | Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors |
| omct | World Organisation against Torture |
| opec | Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| osce | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| otif | Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail |
| pdg | Policy Development Group |
| peps | Politically Exposed Persons |
| pf | Proliferation Financing |
| rba | Risk-Based Approach |
| rosc | Risk-Based Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes |
| rtmg | Risk, Trends and Methods Group |
| rusi | Royal United Services Institute |
| sco | Shanghai Co-operation Organisation |
| sdd | Simplified Customer Due Diligence |
| seato | Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation |
| sr | Special Recommendation |
| strs | Suspicious Transaction Reports |
| tc | Technical Compliance |
| tcrr | Technical Compliance Re-Ratings |
| tf | Terrorist Financing |
| tfs | Targeted Financial Sanctions |
| uic | International Union of Railways |
| uit | International Telegraph Union |
| UN | United Nations |
| unctad | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| uncte | United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment |
| uncted | United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate |
| unep | United Nations Environmental Program |
| unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| ungas | United Nations General Assembly |
| unido | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| unodc | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| unsc | United Nations Security Council |
| upo | United Planning Organisation |
| upu | Universal Postal Union |
Virtual Assets |
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| vasps | Virtual Assets Service Providers |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties |
| wb | World Bank |
| wco | World Customs Organisation |
| wg | Working Group |
| who | World Health Organisation |
| wmd | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| wmo | World Meteorological Organisation |
| wto | World Trade Organisation |