## 2 Criminal Proceeds (Paragraph 1 of Article 2)

The term "criminal proceeds" as used in this Act means criminal proceeds, etc. prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 4 of the Act on the Punishment of Organized Crime or drug-related criminal proceeds, etc. prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 5 of the Anti-Drug Special Provisions Law.

## 3 Specified Business Operators (Paragraph 2 of Article 2)

Business operators, required to take measures like customer identification by this act, are called "Specified business operator," the scope of which is defined in line with the FATF Recommendations as well as in consideration of business practices in Japan. Financial institutions, etc. described in the table below had already been obliged to undertake identical measures by the Customer Identification Act (abolished by enforcement of Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds) and other regulations.

○Financial institutions, etc. (Item 1 through 33):

Bank; Shinkin bank; Federation of Shinkin banks; Labor bank; Federation of labor banks; Credit cooperative; Federation of credit cooperatives; Agricultural cooperative; Federation of agricultural cooperatives; Fishery cooperative; Federation of fishery cooperatives; Fishery processing cooperative; Federation of fishery processing cooperatives: Norinchukin Bank; Shokochukin Bank; Development Bank of Japan; Insurance company; Foreign insurance company, etc.; Small-claims/shortterm insurance business operator; Federation of fishery cooperatives for mutual aid; Financial instruments business operator; Securities finance company; Specially permitted business notifying person; Trust company; Person who conducts declaration of trust intending to sell beneficiary rights; Real estate specified joint enterprise operator; Mutual loan company; Money lender; Call money market broker; Futures commission merchant; Book-entry transfer institution; Account management institution; electronic receivables recording organizations; Management Organization for Postal Savings and Postal Life Insurance; Currency exchanging operator

○Finance leasing operator (Item 34)

○Credit card operator (Item 35)

○Building lots and buildings transaction business operator (Item 36)

Business operator dealing with jewelry, precious metal, etc. (Item 37)

Business operator providing a service of receiving postal items or a service of receiving telephone call (Item 38)

○Lawyer or legal profession corporation (Item 39)

○Judicial scrivener or judicial scrivener corporation (Item 40)

○Administrative scrivener or administrative scrivener corporation (Item 41)

○Certified public accountant or audit firm (Item 42)

○Certified tax accountant or certified tax accountant corporation (Item 43)

## 4 Responsibilities of the National Public Safety Commission and FIU (Article 3)

The Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds provides that the National Public Safety Commission has responsibilities to endeavor 1) to enhance public awareness on the importance of the prevention of the transfer of criminal proceeds in order to ensure specified business operators take appropriate actions, and 2) to promptly and appropriately collect, arrange and analyze information on criminal proceeds including information on suspicious transactions reported by specified business operators so that such information can be effectively utilized in criminal investigation and related international cooperation.