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title: "AML (Anti Money Laundering)"
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# AML (Anti Money Laundering)

GLOSSARY · BLOCKCHAIN & WEB3

Regulations and processes to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for money laundering.

WHAT IS IT? · FOR DUMMIES

**AML** (anti-money laundering) is a set of rules and controls that serve to prevent someone from using money—including cryptocurrency—to hide illegal funds, launder stolen money, or finance suspicious activities. Basically, it's about making sure that the money that moves through the system is clean, legal, and doesn't come from shady things like fraud, drugs, or corruption.

In the crypto world, this means monitoring transactions, identifying users and detecting if someone is trying to use digital currencies to launder money or hide their origin.

WHAT IS IT? · PRO

**AML (Anti Money Laundering)** is the set of laws, regulations, procedures and good practices that must be applied by financial institutions, fintechs, cryptocurrency exchanges, blockchain platforms and other service providers, with the objective of preventing, detecting and reporting activities related to **laundering**, the **Financing of terrorism** and other economic crimes.

AML compliance is mandatory in most jurisdictions and forms an essential part of the international regulatory framework, with standards promoted by bodies such as **the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)**, the **European Union (AML Directives)**, **FinCEN** (in the US), among others.

In the environment **blockchain and crypto**, AML controls are adapted to meet the challenges of pseudonymity, decentralization and traceability.

Implementing a robust AML program not only makes it possible to comply with the law, but also to protect the company's reputation, build trust with users and investors, and strengthen the security of the digital financial ecosystem.

## 01 / Key points

- **Identity Verification (KYC/KYB)** for users and entities.
- **Transaction monitoring and analysis** in real time using blockchain intelligence tools.
- **Detecting suspicious patterns** or unusual in the movement of funds.
- **Address screening** against blacklists, international sanctions and high-risk databases.
- **Collaboration with regulatory authorities and law enforcement agencies**, including the report of suspicious transactions (SARs).
- **Digital Asset Tracking** to identify the source and destination of funds.

## 02 / Advantages

- It reduces the risk of illegal activities.
- It facilitates institutional adoption.
- Protect the reputation of crypto platforms.

## 03 / Disadvantages

- Risks of over-regulation.
- It can affect privacy and autonomy.
- It imposes barriers to entry.

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This entry is informative. It is not legal, tax or investment advice. The rules cited change: check the current version on [BOE](https://www.boe.es) and [EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu).