global facility

What global facility does

The EU Global Facility on AML/CFT (the "Facility") is a Brussels-based technical assistance program funded entirely by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France, the public international cooperation agency of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Established in 2021, the Facility provides peer-to-peer capacity building to financial intelligence units (FIUs), prosecutors, law enforcement, and supervisory authorities in partner countries, with the objective of strengthening national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regimes. Its mandate spans technical assistance, legislative drafting support, operational mentoring, and the production of training curricula and publications.

In its current Phase 2, the Facility deploys a roster of 107 experts (42% women) and has delivered 744 activities reaching 24,383 participants, including 71 regional events. Engagement operates at two levels: bilaterally with 48 partner countries and regionally across 100+ jurisdictions, leveraging EU Delegations as on-the-ground coordination nodes. Programmatic focus spans risk-based supervision, financial investigation, asset recovery, and — increasingly — virtual asset regulation.

The Facility's business model is grant-funded rather than commercial: it does not sell services but executes a public mandate, with delivery funded through EU external assistance instruments and operational autonomy delegated to Expertise France. Revenue mechanics are therefore defined by multi-annual EU budget allocations rather than per-engagement pricing, and its customer base comprises sovereign counterparties that receive subsidized technical assistance rather than revenue-generating accounts.

Name

global facility

Legal name

EU Global Facility on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

Website

https://global-amlcft.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The EU Global Facility on AML/CFT is a Brussels-based, EU-funded technical assistance program implemented by Expertise France that delivers expert-driven capacity building to financial intelligence units and law enforcement in 100+ partner countries, covering anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and now virtual asset regulation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Money Laundering Technical Assistance

NAICS

International Affairs (92812), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Foreign Governments (8888), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Regulation, AML/CFT & Tax Transparency Cooperation (BPADANAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Crime, AML/CFT & Sanctions Compliance (BPAHAFAE), Financial Crime Compliance (AML/KYC/Sanctions) (EDABADAD)

Keywords

• Anti-money laundering assistance
• Counter terrorism financing
• Financial intelligence capacity building
• Beneficial ownership transparency
• Regulatory technical assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. EU Funding: The EU Global Facility on AML/CFT is funded entirely by the European Union. It is an operational tool set up by the European Commission to support partner countries with AML/CFT framework deficiencies. There is no commercial revenue model.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The EU Global Facility on AML/CFT is a demand-driven technical assistance project funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France. It provides advisory services, training, workshops, conferences, and capacity-building support to partner countries across five areas: Regulation and Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), Beneficial Ownership, Law Enforcement, Justice, and Civil Society and the Media. Services are delivered free of charge to governments and their authorities in 48 partner countries (bilaterally) and to practitioners in over 100 countries (regionally).

Product overview

The EU Global Facility on AML/CFT is an EU-funded technical assistance project that provides capacity building and advisory services to partner countries to strengthen their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. Rather than a commercial product, it offers technical assistance programs, training workshops, publications, and regional conferences across five core areas: Regulation and Financial Intelligence Units, Beneficial Ownership, Law Enforcement, Justice, and Civil Society and the Media. The organization also maintains a resources hub featuring publications, videos, photos, newsletters, and educational blog content covering topics such as financial sanctions, virtual assets regulation, storytelling for mutual evaluations, and FATF compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regulation and FIUs Technical Assistance Capacity-building support for partner country governments to strengthen regulatory frameworks and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) operations, including supervision, virtual asset/VASP oversight, and FATF Recommendation compliance.
• Beneficial Ownership Technical Assistance Support to partner countries for establishing and operationalising beneficial ownership transparency frameworks, including registry design, legal analysis, and implementation guidance.
• Law Enforcement Technical Assistance Training and capacity-building for police, FIU analysts, and investigators on financial crime investigation techniques, parallel financial investigations, cross-border intelligence sharing, and converting financial intelligence into courtroom evidence.
• Justice Technical Assistance Capacity-building for Supreme Courts, Constitutional Courts, Prosecutor General Services, Attorneys General and Directors of Public Prosecution on prosecuting money laundering, asset seizure and confiscation, reversal of burden of proof, and evidentiary standards.
• Civil Society and Media Technical Assistance Engagement and training for NGOs, charities, and civil society on FATF Recommendation 8 compliance, counter-terrorism financing, sanctions screening, and bank de-risking challenges for humanitarian organisations.
• Publications and Technical Reports Reference publications, legal analyses, and guidance documents on AML/CFT topics such as beneficial ownership, financial sanctions, virtual assets, and evidentiary challenges in money laundering prosecutions.
• Regional Conferences and Workshops In-person capacity-building events bringing together AML/CFT practitioners from multiple countries for peer-to-peer learning (e.g., 18-country virtual assets conference in Mexico City; Central Asia workshop in Bishkek; Ankara peer-to-peer exchange). 71 regional events organised across 100+ countries.
• E-Learning Training Programmes Joint asynchronous training programmes with regional partners such as GAFILAT, including the 'Effectiveness Demonstration Sequence' storytelling course delivered through the GAFILAT Campus e-learning platform for FATF mutual evaluation preparation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24,383 participants reached through activities (online and onsite)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• EL PACCTO 2.0coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026EL PACCTO 2.0 is an EU-funded programme that co-organised the Regional Conference on Virtual Assets and AML/CFT in Mexico City alongside the EU Global Facility on AML/CFT. Both projects serve complementary roles in strengthening AML/CFT capacity across Latin America.
• GAFILAT (Financial Action Task Force of Latin America)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026GAFILAT is the FATF-style regional body for South America. The EU Global Facility jointly developed and delivers the 'Effectiveness Demonstration Sequence' training programme with GAFILAT, including a pilot in Lima and a regional webinar reaching ~100 participants across 16 member countries. The facility also collaborates on the GAFILAT Campus e-learning platform.
• Financial Intelligence Unit of MexicoregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026Co-organiser of the Regional Conference on Virtual Assets and AML/CFT held in Mexico City, contributing local expertise and host venue support.
• German CooperationregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026Partner in the Regional Conference on Virtual Assets and AML/CFT, contributing to the multi-stakeholder effort to build shared capacity against crypto-enabled financial crime across Latin America.
• EU-ACT (EU Action against Organised Crime and Terrorism)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 January 2026EU-ACT co-organised the three-day regional workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic with the EU Global Facility on AML/CFT. Both EU-funded projects focus on complementary aspects of organised crime and financial crime capacity building.
• MASAK (Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit)regionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024In September 2024, the EU Global Facility partnered with MASAK to convene practitioners from Central Asia in Ankara for a peer-to-peer exchange, marking the first phase of an expanding Central Asian initiative.
• Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human RightsregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe EU Global Facility collaborated with the Siracusa International Institute on a joint publication titled 'Legal Approaches to Evidentiary Challenges in Money Laundering Prosecutions and Confiscation Proceedings', which informed the discussion on the evolving role of Supreme Courts in AML/CFT.
• Expertise FrancecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExpertise France is the implementing entity of the EU Global Facility on AML/CFT project. The facility's project offices are managed through Expertise France, and its logo appears on the project website alongside the EU flag.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FATF (Financial Action Task Force): The global AML/CFT standard-setter whose mutual evaluations drive the demand the EU Global Facility helps countries prepare for. Both operate as international standard-setters/technical assistance providers for AML/CFT frameworks across the same country footprint.
• World Bank: Delivers AML/CFT capacity building and anti-corruption technical assistance to developing and emerging economies, frequently co-funding or coordinating with FATF-style bodies on the same beneficiary countries.
• UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime): Provides AML/CFT and anti-corruption technical assistance globally, including judicial and law enforcement training that directly overlaps with the EU Global Facility's justice and law enforcement pillars.
• Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units: The global FIU network that supports operational cooperation among financial intelligence units, the same primary client segment the EU Global Facility serves through its Regulation and FIU pillar.
• Basel Institute on Governance: Provides asset recovery, anti-corruption and AML capacity-building support to law enforcement and FIUs in developing countries, directly comparable to the facility's law enforcement and justice technical assistance work.
• EU-ACT (EU Action against Organised Crime and Terrorism): Sister EU-funded project that co-organises regional workshops with the EU Global Facility (e.g., the Bishkek workshop), serving overlapping law enforcement and AML/CFT audiences in the same geographies.
• GAFILAT (FATF-Style Regional Body for Latin America): FATF-style regional body that the EU Global Facility partners with to deliver joint training (Effectiveness Demonstration Sequence, GAFILAT Campus), serving the same Latin American AML/CFT practitioners.
• IMF (International Monetary Fund): Provides AML/CFT technical assistance and assessments under its Financial Sector Assessment Program to the same pool of partner-country governments and financial intelligence units the EU Global Facility serves.

Broad incumbents

• Council of Europe (Octopus Conference / AML/CFT work): Operates broader international conventions and capacity-building programs in AML, asset recovery and judicial cooperation that overlap with the facility's mandate, particularly across European and neighboring jurisdictions.

Regional players

• GIABA (Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa): FATF-style regional body for West Africa that delivers AML/CFT mutual evaluations and technical assistance to ECOWAS member states, a regional subset of the EU Global Facility's country footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=Yom-gzLhxlY
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eu-aml-cft-global-facility

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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