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The Authority shall perform the following tasks with respect to FIUs and their activities in Member States: (a) maintain an up-to-date list of FIUs within the Union; (b) monitor changes in the legal framework of FIUs, as well as in their organisation, focusing on resources for the performance of their tasks; (c) support the work of FIUs and contribute to improved cooperation and coordination between FIUs; (d) contribute to the identification and the selection of relevant cases for the conduct of joint analyses by FIUs; (e) develop appropriate methods and procedures for the conduct of joint analyses by FIUs of cross-border cases; (f) set up, coordinate, organise and facilitate the conduct of joint analyses carried out by FIUs; (g) provide assistance to FIUs, upon their specific requests, such as requests for mediation in the case of a disagreement between FIUs; (h) conduct peer reviews of the activities of FIUs aimed at strengthening their consistency and effectiveness and identifying best practices; (i) develop and make available to FIUs tools and services to enhance their analysis capabilities, as well as IT and artificial intelligence services and tools for secure information sharing, including by hosting FIU.net; (j) develop, share and promote expert knowledge on detection, analysis, and dissemination methods of suspicious transactions; (k) at the request of FIUs, provide them with specialised training and assistance, including through the provision of financial support, within the scope of the Authority’s objectives and in accordance with the staffing and budgetary resources at its disposal; (l) support, at the request of FIUs, their interaction with obliged entities by providing expert knowledge to obliged entities, including improving their awareness and procedures to detect suspicious activities and transactions and their reporting to the FIUs; (m) prepare and coordinate assessments and strategic analyses of ML/TF threats, risks and methods identified by FIUs.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04