Esiti dell’indagine campionaria per l’analisi dei rischi di riciclaggio e finanziamento del terrorismo e prossimi passi

The Bank of Italy has published the results of the sample survey they conducted for the analysis of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and presents the next steps.
Last autumn, the Bank of Italy conducted a sample survey based on a questionnaire administered to over 600 intermediaries to gather information of money laundering and analyse terrorism financing risks. This is consistent with the EBA guidelines on risk-based AML supervision. It was completed in December and had a response rate of nearly 100% with satisfactory quality of the data received. Specific questions received comments and suggestions, which are currently being reviewed.
The initiative is part of a broader project aimed at modernising the analytical methodologies used by the Bank of Italy to assess the risks – individual, sectoral, and systemic in line with the guidance from the European Banking Authority.
The data collected through the investigation will be made available to intermediaries in an aggregated form and are proving to be fundamental for developing new risk indicators, updating analysis algorithms for supervised entities, and defining specific sectoral analyses for different categories of intermediaries.
Next May, a new version of the questionnaire – slightly modified based on received comments – will be submitted to all supervised entities with the aim of collecting data for 2022. Acquiring this data will enable conducting the analysis cycle for 2022 based on the new methodology.
Detailed instructions will be provided in a subsequent communication.