Institutions governed by the Wwft are required to monitor on an ongoing basis their business relationships and the transactions conducted or intended during the existence of those relationships.
In this way they can ensure that the transactions conducted correspond to the knowledge they have of customers and their risk profiles, where necessary investigating the origin of the funds used in the relevant business relationships or transactions. They must report any unusual transactions to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-NL; see under “Reporting duty”).
News item supervision
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) assesses incumbent and prospective policymakers, such as management and supervisory board members, for fitness to fulfil their duties and whether their propriety is beyond doubt. In conducting our assessments, we also take any antecedents into account.
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News item supervision
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released two documents, indicating jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes.
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News item supervision
On 6 October 2022, the European Union imposed new sanctions against Russia. As this is an extraordinary situation, we are providing a brief explanation in this news release. Below, we discuss the sanctions in force on 7 October 2022 at the time of writing.
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