Money Laundering Act

The Act sets out the obliged entities and their duties: identification of the contracting party and the beneficial owner, establishing the purpose of the business relationship, ongoing monitoring, recording and retention, and reporting suspicions to the financial intelligence unit.

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Reference

Reference: GwG
In force: 2017-06-26
Area: Finance and money laundering
Supervision: Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, Zentralstelle für Finanztransaktionsuntersuchungen
Publisher: Bundesministerium der Justiz, Gesetze im Internet
Checked: 2026-09-21

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Supervision

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht1 · Acts supervised Zentralstelle für Finanztransaktionsuntersuchungen1 · Acts supervised

Questions

What do the general customer due diligence duties cover?Money Laundering Act, section 10 When must a suspicious activity report be filed?Money Laundering Act, section 43

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