Faced with this reality, political action has significantly improved the tools to fight against fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing. France also has a legal arsenal and therefore is actively involved in improving standards in this field, both internationally, within the framework of the Financial Action Task Force work (FATF), and at regional level, taking part in the legislative work undertaken by the European Commission and in the conventions of the Council of Europe. The main actors in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing are, according to Article 561-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the financial institutions (banks, manual exchange offices, insurance companies, investment firms ), as well as the accountants, auditors, bailiffs and certain non-financial professionals (notaries, real estate agents, casino managers, auctioneers and dealers in high value goods). At the end of the transposition process of the third Money Laundering Directive of 26 October 2005, new business areas were integrated in the device, such as lawyers, bailiffs, directors and legal representatives.
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