# FATF R.18 — Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries - **Part of:** [[FATF Recommendations]] Financial institutions must implement internal programmes against money laundering and terrorist financing, and financial groups must implement group-wide programmes, including policies for sharing information within the group for AML/CFT purposes. Institutions must also ensure that their foreign branches and majority-owned subsidiaries apply AML/CFT measures consistent with home-country requirements implementing the FATF Recommendations, through those group-wide programmes. ## Keyed AMLR articles - [[AMLR Art. 9 - Scope of internal policies|AMLR Art. 9]] — Scope of internal policies - [[AMLR Art. 11 - Compliance functions|AMLR Art. 11]] — Compliance functions - [[AMLR Art. 12 - Awareness - training|AMLR Art. 12]] — Awareness / training - [[AMLR Art. 13 - Integrity of employees|AMLR Art. 13]] — Integrity of employees - [[AMLR Art. 16 - Group-wide requirements|AMLR Art. 16]] — Group-wide requirements - [[AMLR Art. 17 - Branches and subsidiaries in third countries|AMLR Art. 17]] — Branches and subsidiaries in third countries - [[AMLR Art. 18 - Outsourcing|AMLR Art. 18]] — Outsourcing - [[AMLR Art. 75 - Info-sharing partnerships|AMLR Art. 75]] — Info-sharing partnerships ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- FATF Recommendation 18 — text of the Recommendation (FATF Recommendations, updated June 2026); interpretive note not reproduced > **18. Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries** > Financial institutions should be required to implement programmes against money laundering and terrorist financing. Financial groups should be required to implement group-wide programmes against money laundering and terrorist financing, including policies and procedures for sharing information within the group for AML/CFT purposes. > Financial institutions should be required to ensure that their foreign branches and majority-owned subsidiaries apply AML/CFT measures consistent with the home country requirements implementing the FATF Recommendations through the financial groups' programmes against money laundering and terrorist financing.