Money laundering and terrorist financing Peru 2022

In 2022, Peru had an index score of 4.72, up from 4.5 reported the year before. In recent years, the risk index of this South American country showed an upwnward trend. Peru was ranked as one of the countries with the lowest risk index scores of money laundering and terrorist financing in Latin America.

The Basel AML Index is a composite index, a combination of 14 different indicators with regards to corruption, financial standards, political disclosure and rule of law and tries to measure the risk level of money laundering and terrorist financing in different countries. The numbers used are based on publicly available sources such as the FATF, Transparency International, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum and are meant to serve as a starting point for further investigation.

Risk index score of money laundering and terrorist financing in Peru from 2015 to 2022

Characteristic	Risk index score
2022	4.72
2021	4.5
2020	4.53
2019	5.33
2018	5.14
2017	5.25
2016	4.31
2015	4.39

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Peru

Survey time period

2015 to 2022

Special properties

0=best; 10=worst

Supplementary notes

Figures prior 2022 were retrieved from earlier publications.
The source measured the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing by using several indicators, such as rule of law and financial regulations. It is explicitly stated that there is no reliable quantitative data on money laundering available, and the index score is used to "indicate the risk level, i.e. the vulnerabilities of money laundering and terrorist financing within a country". The higher the number, the higher the risk.

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