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The mission of the financial intelligence units (FIU) within the systems on prevention and combating money laundering and terrorism financing (AML/CTF) consist in ensuring the information component of law enforcement authorities in connection with money laundering/terrorism financing risks (ML/TF) identified based on available data and information at the level of financial and non-financial sector. Comparing with intelligence structures from other area, the FIUs are facing different events at the level of operational risk components, generated by continuous flow of raw financial data and information. Therefore, the FIU has the main role of identification the information that indicates high risk of ML/TF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering the role they have within the national system of prevention and combating money laundering and terrorism financing and also the processes applicable in relation with the analyzed information, the financial intelligence units may be regarded as intelligence structures and the generated financial intelligence products will support the decision-mahers in relation withtyhe applicable policies and the measures for the prevention and combating of money laundering and terrorism financing. The environment in which the financial intelligence units are operating is a one in continuous evolution from the point of view of diversity and the volume of financial information avaible also in regardthe techniques used by offenders for to disguise the illicit origin of funds, which is the main purpose of a money laundering process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]