The issue of money laundering as a social problem of
international character appeared in the late '80s - more exactly
with the Vienna Convention in 1988 - and was quickly inserted in
various international instruments that required its
criminalization. The initial push was motivated by the
consequences of the profits of drug trafficking. In the 1990s
there is the tendency to use this approach to preventing and
combating organized crime and particularly its association with
corruption - political, judicial police - in short, Official, to
facilitate crime and, in general, against all crime that
generates profits. The 40 recommendations is the document-
reference on preventing and combating money laundering, the
Financial Action Task Force - or Financial Action Task Force on
Money Laundering (FATF) - written in 1990, were reviewed in
1996. In 2000, twelve major international private banks create
the The Wolfsberg Group, dedicated to developing best practices
in financial services, especially emphasizing policies t