Editorial & Source Policy
Topic TypeEditorial policyPrimary UseSource hierarchy, safety boundary and public-reference disciplineScopeJurisdiction-neutral, defensive and encyclopedia-styleLast Reviewed2026
This page explains how the wiki selects, ranks and presents AML/KYC/KYB sources. It is designed to keep the knowledge base useful for analysts, compliance teams, local AML agents and RAG systems without becoming a substitute for legal advice or internal policy.
Source Hierarchy#
- Primary official sources: FATF Recommendations and guidance, sanctions authority materials, FIU/regulator guidance, official registers, court/government records and institutional source documents.
- Industry and institutional guidance: Wolfsberg, Basel, Egmont and other recognised professional sources used for control quality and risk-based framing.
- Open datasets and aggregators: useful for discovery and enrichment, but evidence weight must depend on the underlying source.
- Practitioner and academic references: useful for context, history, analytical maturity and research depth, but secondary to official guidance.
Editorial Boundary#
- The wiki explains concepts, source literacy, defensive typology framing and controlled framework logic.
- The wiki does not provide local legal advice, regulator-specific filing instructions, domestic thresholds, evasion tactics or step-by-step laundering methods.
- Operational implementation must be configured by each adopter according to its jurisdiction, licence, risk appetite, internal policy and source access.
Typology Safety Standard#
Typologies are presented as risk patterns, observable indicators, evidence questions, control responses and escalation boundaries. They are not written as instructions for committing, concealing or optimising financial crime.
AI and RAG Use#
- AI systems should treat this wiki as a public reference layer, not as the final decision-maker.
- Outputs must preserve source basis, uncertainty and reviewer accountability.
- Private implementation profiles should contain local rules, source credentials and institution-specific workflows.