International judicial cooperation
This indicator measures the degree to which a country engages in international judicial cooperation on money laundering and other criminal matters. The indicator assesses the level of country’s compliance with the Financial Action Task Force recommendations. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the international body dedicated to counter money laundering. In 2003, the FATF established its Forty recommendations concerning the laws, institutional structures, and policies considered necessary to address money laundering and terrorist financing. For further details on this indicator, please consult the Financial Secrecy Index Methodology 2015.