01236nam a22001097a 4500100003400000245003200034260005300066300000900119520088600128650004201014856007001056  aBasel Institute on Governance  aBasel AML Index 2016 Report  aSwitzerlandbBasel Institute on Governancec2016  a26p.  aThis report, issued on the occasion of the launch of the fifth edition of the Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index which has been published by the Basel Institute on Governance (Basel Institute) since 2012. To date, the Basel AML Index remains the only index published by an independent not-for profit organisation ranking countries according to their risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Basel AML Index is used by the private sector as an established AML country risk-rating tool for compliance purposes, and in the public sector for research and policy measurement. The Basel AML Index 2016 edition covers 149 countries and provides risk ratings based on the quality of a country’s framework for AML and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) and related factors such as perceived levels of corruption, financial sector standards and public transparency.  aMoney Laundering, Terrorist Financing  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/Basel_AML_Index_Report_2016.pdf