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About the Dutch AMLC

Publication date 24-09-2024

The AMLC is the knowledge and expertise centre of the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) where public and private parties can cooperate nationally and internationally to combat money laundering.

The AMLC operates under and works closely with various national and international stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and regulators.

The AMLC serves as a platform for sharing information, knowledge, and expertise to enhance the detection, prevention, and prosecution of money laundering activities. The AMLC was established in 2013.

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The work of the AMLC

Money laundering networks that that threaten the integrity of the financial system must be identied and dismantled. To achieve this, public and private parties must work together. The AMLC facilitates this collaboration. Knowledge and data&analytics are key concepts in our work.

The centre engages in knowledge sharing and research to stay ahead of evolving criminal tactics. Additionally, the AMLC works to raise awareness and provide training on money laundering risks, ultimately contributing to a safer and more transparent financial environment in the Netherlands and beyond.

The AMLC contributes to the formulation of new money laundering typologies, describes specific phenomenons, runs projects, initiates major money laundering investigations, builds and manages unique datasets etc. Click here to view more on data & analytics.

Example of a Project-Based Approach: Offshore Companies

A good example of our project-based methodology is the Offshore Companies project. In this context, an offshore company refers to a foreign legal entity incorporated and registered in a high-risk jurisdiction. While the use of offshore companies is not illegal and may serve legitimate business or legal purposes, it can also create opportunities for criminals and fraudsters to invest illicit funds and profit from these investments, particularly when offshore companies hold real estate in the Netherlands.

As part of the AMLC project, relevant data was gathered to investigate offshore companies purchasing property in the Netherlands. This investigation produced tangible leads and also identified key characteristics of those leads, which were categorized as risk indicators.

The process works as follows: we identify a money laundering risk > collect relevant data > investigate the risk, often in collaboration with key partners > we gather leads that can be passed to investigative teams and insights that can be shared with our partners.

Contact the AMLC

Do you work for an organisation in the field of anti-money laundering and would you like to know more about the AMLC? Or would you like to explore whether cooperating with us and our partners can be useful? Contact us.

E-mail: aml.centre_postbus@belastingdienst.nl

You can also visit our Dutch website http://www.amlc.nl, mostly in Dutch.

Press briefing

Journalists can contact the FIOD press officer: +31(0)618607761 or +31(0)650100261.