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The State Agency National Security (“SANS”) is the main AML/CTF supervisory authority. The Financial Intelligence Directorate of the SANS has the authority to collect, store, investigate, analyse and disclose the conducted financial intelligence under the terms and procedures of the AML Act and the CTF Act.
Other authorities that monitor compliance with the key obligations under the AML Act in certain sectors include the Bulgarian National Bank and the following:
There are almost 40 categories of reporting entities under the AML Act, including banks, financial institutions, payment services providers, insurance and reinsurance companies and intermediaries distributing life risk insurance.
The main obligations of the reporting entities under the AML Act include customer due diligence (CDD), the collection of information and documents and their storage, an assessment of the risk of money laundering, terrorist financing and the disclosure of information on suspicious operations, transactions and customers.
In order to meet your AML compliance obligations, you must do the following:
In relation to recordkeeping, you are required to retain data for not less than five (5) years. This is a part of your AML and KYC obligations for due diligence. In the case where this information is processed, collected and managed by a relevant third-party, you are responsible for collecting all such necessary information due diligence data from the third party without undue delay.
The following obligations apply to you as a financial institution:
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* This page is intended as general information only and should not be relied on as the sole source of information for your AML obligations and AML program. Please visit your local regulatory authority sites for the latest relevant and full information.
