This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl.

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Last summer, the UK’s Royal Services Institute (RUSI), a British defense think tank established in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, published a report on the weaponization of FATF standards; a set of recommendations that guide the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing around the world.

The FATF, short for Financial Action Task Force, is an intergovernmental organization officially established to fight financial crime. But FATF standards also serve another purpose: to keep everyone in the financial system identifiable.

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