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The Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses (, SEPBLAC) is the financial intelligence unit (FIU) of the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. As FIU, the Sepblac is the supervisory authority for the prevention of
money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions ...
and the
financing of terrorism Terrorism financing is the provision of funds or providing financial support to individual terrorists or non-state actors. Most countries have implemented measures to counter terrorism financing (CTF) often as part of their money laundering la ...
and the execution of sanctions and financial countermeasures of the 2010 Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism Act. Since 30 October 2020, the director of the Executive Service is Pedro Manuel Comín Rodríguez. Its main task is to fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and cooperating with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of which
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has been a member since 1990. Attached to SEPBLAC are the Central Financial Intelligence Brigade of the National Police Corps, the Investigation Unit of the
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and a financial intelligence unit of the Agencia Tributaria.


The Commission

The Executive Service reports to the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses (integrated in the Secretariat of State for Economy and Business Support), a collective body composed by representatives of the Ministry of Economy, the
Ministry of Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and Mi ...
, the
Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...
, the
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, the
Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...
, the
National Intelligence Centre National Intelligence Centre may refer to: * National Intelligence Centre (Mexico) * National Intelligence Centre (Spain) The National Intelligence Centre ( es, Centro Nacional de Inteligencia, CNI) is the Spanish official intelligence agency ...
, the
Prosecution Ministry The Prosecution Ministry (''Spanish: Ministerio Fiscal'') is a constitutional body (Part VIbr>§ 124 integrated into the Judiciary of Spain, but with full autonomy. It is entrusted with defending the rule of law, the rights of the citizens, and ...
, the
General Council of the Judiciary The General Council of the Judiciary ( es, Consejo General del Poder Judicial, CGPJ) is the national council of the judiciary of Spain. It is the constitutional body that governs all the Judiciary of Spain, such as courts, and judges, as it is ...
, the
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, the
Spanish Data Protection Agency The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD, es, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) is an independent agency of the government of Spain which oversees the compliance with the legal provisions on the protection of personal data. The agency ...
, the
Spanish Tax Agency The Spanish Tax Administration Agency ( es, Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria, AEAT), commonly known as Agencia Tributaria, is the revenue service of the Kingdom of Spain. The agency is responsible for the effective application of the ...
and of the different law enforcement agencies.


References

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