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Financial Action Task Force (FATF) typology reports (for example, FATF typologies on money laundering and terrorist financing in the real estate sector); • FIU annual reports on STRs; and • reports by the FIU, financial sector supervisor, or banking association on typologies and red flags for identifying criminal activity and money laundering.
3.7 Garnering International Cooperation Asset recovery in corruption cases frequently crosses borders and involves many different jurisdictions; therefore, information on assets and bank accounts located abroad will have to be requested. Some information (such as land, vehicle, and corporate information; and financial intelligence) may be obtained through informal channels (perhaps counterpart practitioners, liaison magistrates or regional attachés, or practitioner networks such as the Egmont Group), rather than through an MLA request. However, if a requesting jurisdiction is seeking documentation to be used as evidence in domestic court proceedings, an MLA request will be required. In all cases, it may be possible for practitioners to participate in the activities undertaken in the foreign jurisdiction. Chapter 7, on international cooperation, provides further guidance on this process and discusses some of the challenges encountered in asset tracing.
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