Financial institutions that need to assess and compare the risk from money laundering and terrorist financing in countries around the world now have a new rankings tool at their disposal.

The AML Risk Index from the Basel Institute on Governance compiles data from third-party sources to analyze money-laundering and terrorist financing risk, along with related factors such as corruption and political risks. It takes 15 variables culled from the sources and evaluates them based on a weighted scale through a qualitative assessment.

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