AML & Travel Rule

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

The national authority receiving suspicious-transaction reports and conducting AML intelligence analysis.

Definition

Each jurisdiction has an FIU receiving STRs/SARs and conducting AML intelligence analysis. EU FIUs: UIF (Italy), CTIF-CFI (Belgium), TRACFIN (France), Hungarian FIU (Hungary), Cellule de Renseignement Financier (Luxembourg), etc. FIUs cooperate via the Egmont Group internationally.