The Bar Council and the other professional associations are requested to promote and check, in general, knowledge of and compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations. The Minister of Justice supervises the control of the Bar Council in this respect. The central authority to report is Italian Financial Intelligence Unit (Unità di Informazion Finanziaria per l’Italia) which is part of the Bank of Italy. The regulator is the Ministry of Treasury (Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze). On 20 September 2019, the CNF published standards (CNF Standards) and guidelines (CNF Guidelines) with regard to the risks related to money laundering and terrorist financing. Under these rules, lawyers are required to obtain the following client identification (ID) details: Natural persons: complete personal details (name, surname, place and date of birth, residential address or legal residence and, where applicable, Italian tax code) and copy of a valid ID document (for example, ID card, passport or any other valid photo ID document with an official stamp/equivalent of a government department/body); where the services are given on behalf of a third party, the complete personal details and the copy of a valid ID document of the beneficial owner; employment or professional activities performed (and, if applicable, also complete details of the employment or professional activities performed by the beneficial owner). In all other cases: registered name; registered office; company number and VAT number; personal details and copy of a valid ID document of an authorised signatory (natural person authorised to act on behalf of the company); ID evidence of the authorised signatory, together with evidence to confirm their representative powers; personal details and copy of an ID document of the ultimate beneficial owner(s). ownership chart (showing controlled and controlling entities).