National/Domestic Level

At the national/domestic level investigation, reporting and enforcement of anti money laundering are respectively conducted by that nation’s law enforcement bodies and the judiciary.  The infrastructure and the functioning of such investigative, prosecuting and enforcing bodies are determined by the prevailing political constitution of the nation, along with the size, complexity and, dependent on these factors, the resources and capacity, committed to fighting financial crimes, such as money laundering and terrorism financing.  Regardless of the structures and mechanisms of instituted to criminalize money laundering and terrorism financing, such structures and mechanisms should satisfy the mandates of the UN treaties and conventions on this subject matter in a manner prescribed by FATF/FSRB recommendations.