Chapter1 History of Anti-Money Laundering Measures
Section1 Anti-Money Laundering Measures in International Society 1
1 Anti-Money Laundering Measures as International Countermeasures against Narcotic Drugs 1
2 Anti-Money Laundering Measures as Countermeasures against International Organized Crime and Terrorism 1
3 Countermeasures to Sophistication of Modus Operandi of Money Laundering 2
Section2 Anti-Money Laundering Measures in Japan 2
1 Enforcement of "the Anti-Drug Special Provisions Law" 2
2 Enforcement of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes 2
3 Enforcement of "the Act on Punishment of Financing of Offences of Public Intimidation" and "Customer Identification Act", and the Revision of "Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes" 3
4 Enforcement of "the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceedings" 3
Chapter2 Legal Systems of Countermeasures against Money Laundering 5
Section1 Outline of the Anti-Drug Special Provisions Law and The Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes 6
1 Anti-Drug Special Provisions Law 6
(1) Punishment of money laundering 6
(2) Confiscation, collection of equivalent value and securance measures (Article 11 through 13, 19, 20) 6
2 The Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes 7
(1) Punishment of money laundering (Article 9 through 11) 7
(2) Confiscation, collection of equivalent value and securance measures (Article 13 through 16, 22, 23, 42, 43) 7
Section2 Outline of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds 7
1 Purpose of the Act (Article 1) 7
2 Criminal Proceeds (Paragraph 1 of Article 2) 8
3 Specified Business Operators (Paragraph 2 of Article 2) 8
4 Responsibilities of the National Public Safety Commission and FIU (Article 3) 8
5 Measures by Specified Business Operator 9
6 Dissemination of Information on Suspicious Transactions (Article 11 and 12) 12
7 Supervisory Measures (Article 13 through 17, 23, 24, 27) 12
8 Penal provisions regarding Reception / Delivery / Provision of Deposit / Savings Passbooks, Exchange Transaction Cards etc. (Article 26 and 27) 12
Section3 Recent legal amendments 14
1 Amendment of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds 14
(1) Background of amendment 14
(2) Overview of amendment 14
2 Amendment of the enforcement regulation for the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake 16
3 Amendment of the enforcement regulation of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds according to the enactment of ordinances of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and other related ministries associated with the enforcement of the Act to Partially Amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Act for Regulations of Business Concerning Commodities Investment and the enforcement of ordinances related to interim measures 16
Chapter3 Establishment of the Japan Financial Intelligence Center (JAFIC) and Police Activities 17
Section1 Background of Establishment of JAFIC 17
Section2 Mission and Structure 18
Section3 JAFIC and Partners 19
Section4 Countermeasures against Criminal Proceeds by the Police 20
Section5 Efforts in Cooperation with Business Operators, and the Public, and Related Authorities Made in 2011 22
Paragraph1 Explanation and Provision of Information etc. on Seminars Targeting Specified Business Operators 22
1 Explanation on Seminars for Postal Receiving Service Providers 22
2 Explanation on Workshops for Fund Transfer Business Operators 22
3 Explanation on Workshops for Real Estate Agents 22
4 PR on Website 23
Paragraph2 Requests Made to Specified Business Operators following the Resolution of the United Nations Security Council 23
1 Measures based on the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council 23
2 Measures based on the FATF Public Statement 24
Section 6 Progress of the collection of reports and opinion statements in 2011 24
Section 7 Efforts of Specified Business Operators 25
1 Efforts of Banking Industry 25
2 Efforts of Securities Industry 25
3 Efforts of Real Estate Industry 26
4 Efforts of Lawyers Associations 26