Financial Intelligence Unit

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is the internationally used name for government agencies that are responsible for investigating financial transactions in the context of combating money laundering and terrorist financing . In accordance with international and, as a rule, national regulations derived from them, the national FIUs receive reports of suspicious financial transactions from credit institutions and other financial intermediaries . The FIUs are either law enforcement authorities themselves or work with them and financial market supervisory bodies . In the area of international cooperation, the Working Group Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units are important.

Financial Intelligence Units in German-speaking countries

Germany: The Financial Intelligence Unit for Germany is the central office for financial transaction investigations . It was founded in 2001 and is part of the Federal Criminal Police Office . It has been connected to the Customs Criminal Police Office as a functionally independent department since 2017 .
Austria: Money laundering reporting office of the Federal Criminal Police Office
Switzerland: Reporting office for money laundering