Belgian Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTIF-CFI)
The Belgian preventive anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system

The Belgian Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTIF-CFI), created in 1993, is a central part of the Belgian AML/CFT system.

CTIF-CFI is an independent administrative authority with legal personality and is supervised by the Ministers of Justice and Finance. It is led by a magistrate Mr. Philippe de Koster and composed of legal and financial experts and a senior officer seconded from the federal police. (see the section Composition of CTIF-CFI).

Its composition, organisation, operation and independence are stipulated in the Royal Decree of 11 June 1993.

CTIF-CFI is in charge of processing suspicious financial facts and transactions linked to money laundering and terrorism financing reported by institutions and individuals specified in the law.

This website provides more information on:

• Aims of the Law
• Money laundering and terrorism financing
• Reporting entities
• Duties of reporting entities
• CTIF-CFI's missions
• Legal provisions (Belgian, European and international)
• Key statistics
• Money laundering and terrorist financing typologies