paper reports on the outcome of the discussions with the Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) at its plenary meetings from October 9–11, 2002, and seeks endorsement by the
Executive Board of the final anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism
(AML/CFT) Methodology. At the plenary, the FATF endorsed the AML/CFT methodology
and agreed to the four conditions set out by the Executive Board, July 26, 2002. At the July
Board meeting, Directors requested that the methodology be presented for the Executive
Board’s endorsement following the endorsement at the FATF plenary.