The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an informal network of national financial intelligence units (FIUs). National FIUs collect information on suspicious or unusual financial activity from the financial industry and other entities or professions required to report transactions suspected of being money laundering or terrorism financing. FIUs are normally not law enforcement agencies, with their mission being to process and analyze the information received. If sufficient evidence of unlawful activity is found, the matter is passed to the public prosecution agencies.
The Egmont Group defines an FIU as a central, national agency responsible for receiving (and, as permitted, requesting), analyzing and disseminating to the competent authorities, disclosures of financial information:
concerning suspected proceeds of crime and potential financing of terrorism, or
required by national legislation or regulation, in order to counter money laundering and terrorism financing.
The Egmont Group was formed in 1995, taking its name from the Egmont Arenberg Palace in Brussels, where the meeting took place.
In early 2008, with the support of Jim Flaherty, Finance Minister of Canada, and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), the Canadian FIU, the Egmont Group established its Secretariat in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
As of 2013, there were 132 members in the Egmont Group.
The goal of the Egmont Group is to provide a forum for FIUs around the world to improve cooperation in the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism and to foster the implementation of domestic programs in this field. The Egmont Group provides support to member FIUs by:
expanding and systematizing international cooperation in the reciprocal exchange of information,
increasing the effectiveness of FIUs by offering training and promoting personnel exchanges to improve the expertise and capabilities of personnel employed by FIUs,
fostering better and secure communication among FIUs through the application of technology, such as the Egmont Secure Web (ESW),
fostering increased coordination and support among the operational divisions of member FIUs,
promoting the operational autonomy of FIUs, and
promoting the establishment of FIUs in conjunction with jurisdictions with an AML/CFT program in place, or in areas with a program in the early stages of development.
Afghanistan - Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Afghanistan
Albania - Drejtoria e Pergjithshme e Parandalimit ter Pastrimit te Parave (DPPPP) General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering (GDPML)
Algeria - Algeria Financial Intelligence Unit
Andorra - Unitat de Prevenció del Blanqueig (UPB)Money Laundering Prevention Unit
Anguilla - Money Laundering Reporting Authority (MLRA)
Antigua and Barbuda - Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy
Argentina - Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF)
Aruba - Meldpunt Ongebruikelijke Transacties (MOT-Aruba) Reporting Center for Unusual Transactions
Australia - Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Austria - Bundeskriminalamt (A-FIU)
Bahamas - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Bangladesh - Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)
Bahrain - Anti-Money Laundering Unit (AMLU)
Barbados - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Belarus - Departament Finansovogo Monitoringa Komiteta Gosudarstvenogo Kontrolya Respubliki Belarus, Financial Monitoring Centre
Belgium - Cellule de Traitement des Informations Financières / Cel voor Financiële Informatieverwerking (CTIF-CFI)
Belize - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Bermuda - Financial Intelligence Agency - Bermuda (FIA)
Bolivia - Bolivia Financial Intelligence Unit
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Financial Intelligence Department (FID)
Brazil - Conselho de Controle de Atividades Financeira (COAF)
British Virgin Islands - Financial Investigation Agency (FIA)
Bulgaria - Financial Intelligence Directorate of National Security Agency (FID)
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Financial Intelligence Unit
Canada - Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada/ Centre d'analyse des opérations et déclarations financières du Canada (FINTRAC/CANAFE)
Cayman Islands - Financial Reporting Authority (CAYFIN)
Chile - Unidad de Análisis Financiero (UAF)
Colombia - de Informacion y Analisis Financiero (UIAF)
Cook Islands - Cook Islands Financial Intelligence Unit (CIFIU)
Costa Rica - Unidad de Análisis Financiero (UAF) Instituto Costarricense sobre Drogas (ICD)
Croatia - Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)
Curaçao - FIU Curaçao - Meldpunt Ongebruikelijke Transacties (MOT)/Unusual Transactions Reporting Centre
Cyprus - Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS)
Czech Republic - Financní analytický útvar (FAU – CR)Financial Analytical Unit
Denmark - Hvidvasksekretariatet Stadsadvokaten for Særlig Økonomisk Kriminalitet / Hvidvasksekretariatet (HVIDVASK) State Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime / Money Laundering Secretariat
Dominica - Financial Intelligence Unit
Egypt - Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU)
El Salvador - Unidad de Investigacion Financiera
Estonia - Money Laundering Information Bureau
Fiji - Financial Intelligence Unit, Reserve Bank of Fiji
Finland - RAP Keskusrikospoliisi / Rahanpesun selvittelykeskus National Bureau of Investigation / Financial Intelligence Unit
France - Traitement du renseignement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins (TRACFIN)
Georgia - Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia (FMS)
Germany - Zentralstelle für Verdachtsanzeigen – Financial Intelligence Unit, BKA.de(English language website)
Gibraltar - Gibraltar Co-ordinating Centre for Criminal Intelligence and Drugs - Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (GCID GFIU)
Greece - Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Commission (HAMLC)
Grenada - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Guatemala - Intendencia de Verificación Especial (IVE) Special Verification Intendency
Guernsey - Financial Intelligence Service (FIS)
Honduras - Unidad de Informacion Financiera (UIF)
Hong Kong - Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU)
Hungary - Central Criminal Investigations Bureau of the Hungarian Customs & Finance Guard Hungarian Financial Intelligence Unit
Iceland - Ríkislögreglustjórinn (RLS) Unit of Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime
India - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND)
Indonesia - Pusat Pelaporan dan Analisis Transaksi Keuangan (PPATK) Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (INTRAC)
Ireland - An Garda Síochána / National Economic Crime Bureau (MLIU)
Isle of Man - Financial Crime Unit (FCU – IOM)
Israel - Israel Money Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA)
Italy - Banca d’Italia — Unità di Informazione Finanziaria (UIF)
Japan - Japan Financial Intelligence Center (JAFIC)
Jersey - Jersey States of Jersey Police - Joint Financial Crimes Unit
Kosovo - Njësia për Inteligjencë Financiare e Kosovës (NIFK) / Financial Intelligence Unit of Kosovo (FIUK)
Kyrgyzstan - Financial Intelligence Service of the Kyrgyz Republic (FIS)
Latvia - Kontroles dienests, Noziedîgi iegûto lîdzeklu legalizâcijas novçrsanas dienests (KD) Control Service - Office for Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds Derived from Criminal Activity
Lebanon - Special Investigation Commission (SIC) Fighting Money Laundering
Liechtenstein - Einheit für Finanzinformationen (EFFI)
Lithuania - Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS)
Luxembourg - Cellule de Renseignement Financier (FIU-LUX)
Macau - Gabinete de Informação Financeira (GIF) Financial Intelligence Office
Macedonia - Ministerstvo za Finansii-Direkcija za Sprecuvanje na Perenje Pari/Money Laundering Prevention Directorate (MLPD)
Malawi - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-Malawi)
Malaysia - Unit Perisikan Kewangan, Bank Negara Malaysia (UPWBNM)
Malta - Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
Marshall Islands - Domestic Financial Intelligence Unit (DFIU)
Mauritius - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Mexico - Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF)
Moldova - Office for Prevention and Control of Money Laundering
Monaco - Service for Information and Monitoring of Financial Networks (SICFIN)
Mongolia - Financial Information Unit of Mongolia (FIU-Mongolia)
Montenegro - Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering
Netherlands - Financial Intelligence Unit – Nederland (FIU-Netherlands)
New Zealand - New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit
Nigeria - Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)
Niue - Niue Financial Intelligence Unit
Norway - ØKOKRIM / EFE - Enheten for finansiell etteretning The National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime - The Money Laundering Unit
Paraguay - Unidad de Análisis Financiero (UAF-SEPRELAD)
Peru - Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera del Peru (UIF)
Philippines - Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)
Poland - Generalny Inspektor Informacji Finansowej (GIIF) General Inspector of Financial Information
Portugal - Unidade de Informação Financeira (UIF)
Qatar - Qatar Financial Information Unit (QFIU)
South Korea - Korea Financial Intelligence Unit
Serbia - Administration for the Preventing of Money Laundering
Panama - Unidad de Analisis Financiero (UAF)
Romania - National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering
Russia - Federal Service for Financial Monitoring
San Marino - Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF) Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA)
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SAFIU)
Senegal - Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières National Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CENTIF)
Seychelles - Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit
Singapore - Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office (STRO)
Slovakia - Spravodajská jednotka finacnej polície Úradu boja proti organizovanej kriminalite (SJFP UBPOK) Financial Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Organised Crime
Slovenia - Urad RS za Preprecevanje Pranja Denarja Ministrstvo za Finance/Office for Money Laundering Prevention (OMLP)
South Africa - Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)
Spain - Servicio Ejecutivo de la Comisión de Prevención de Blanqueo de Capitales e Infracciones Monetarias (SEPBLAC)
Sri Lanka - Financial Intelligence Unit
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Financial Intelligence Unit
Saint Lucia - Financial Intelligence Agency
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Financial Intelligence Unit
Sweden - Finanspolisen Rikskriminalpolisen (FIPO) National Criminal Intelligence Service, Financial Unit (NFIS)
Switzerland - Meldestelle für Geldwäscherei, Bureau de communication en matière de blanchiment d'argent, Ufficio di comunicazione in materia di riciclaggio di denaro Money Laundering Reporting Office (MROS)
Syria - Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Commission (CMLC)
Taiwan - Money Laundering Prevention Center
Thailand - Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)
Togo - Togo Financial Intelligence Unit
Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Financial Intelligence Unit
Turkey - Mali Suçlari Arastirma Kurulu (MASAK) Financial Crimes Investigation Board
Turks and Caicos Islands - Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Financial Crime Unit
Ukraine - State Committee for Financial Monitoring
United Arab Emirates - Anti Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit
United Kingdom - National Crime Agency (NCA)
United States - Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Vanuatu - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Vatican City - Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF)
Venezuela - Unidad Nacional de Inteligencia Financiera (UNIF)
