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Welcome to the IMLASS Project Development Home Page. IMLASS, by utilizing state-of-the-art technology, will enable anti-money laundering and terrorism financing investigators and analysts throughout the world to automatically compare suspected money laundering and terrorism financing-related queries against database records submitted by INTERPOL’s 186 member countries. Queries concerning money laundering-related targets, associates, companies, ID documents, addresses, telephones and suspicious transaction data will then be automatically compared with the existing data in INTERPOL database for links with past and present investigations in other countries. An effective conclusion of this project will ensure that money laundering investigators around the world will be able to access police as well as financial information from all INTERPOL’s member countries at one place and at one time.

A team of experts including experienced financial investigators, web designers, code writers, and computer security specialists have been working in close cooperation with our legal counsel to develop a system specifically designed to assist financial investigators rapidly make links with other financial and criminal investigations being conducted throughout the world. The direction of the project has been driven by feedback received from presentations and detailed discussions with Financial Intelligence Units, Police Anti-Money Laundering Units, and attendees at financial crime conferences throughout the world. The autonomous IMLASS database and user-friendly enquiry form have been created. Our technical development team is currently developing the search engine and results displays conventionally and through the use of visualisation software. Users will also have the ability to attach lists or spreadsheets of data and forward a copy of their data to other FIUs or police AMLUs using the system without having to retype the data. Future enhancements such as Arabic character searches are also planned.

IMLASS users will have the option of restricting access to their data to specific countries or elect to prohibit all access to their data without their specific advance approval. All of the aforementioned procedures will be conducted in strict conformity with INTERPOL rules about the conservation of the personal and financial data.

The first Version of IMLASS should be ready for informal testing by selected countries this winter. If you are a representative of an FIU or national police anti-money laundering unit and are interested in learning more about how INTERPOL can help your organisations members lead the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing more effectively, please contact the project coordinator.