# FATF R.27 — Powers of supervisors - **Part of:** [[FATF Recommendations]] Supervisors must have adequate powers to supervise and ensure AML/CFT compliance by financial institutions, including inspections and compelling information, and to impose a range of disciplinary and financial sanctions in line with R.35, including withdrawing, restricting or suspending a licence. ## Keyed AMLR articles _none_ ## Swiss counterparts - [[GwG Art. 12 - Competence (supervision)|GwG Art. 12]] — GwG Art. 12 allocates supervision of the GwG duties (FINMA, ESBK, intercantonal authority, Central Office, SROs); R.27 concerns the powers supervisors must have (inspections, compelling information, sanctions). *(related)* ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- FATF Recommendation 27 — text of the Recommendation (FATF Recommendations, updated June 2026); interpretive note not reproduced > **27. Powers of supervisors** > Supervisors should have adequate powers to supervise or monitor, and ensure compliance by, financial institutions with requirements to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, including the authority to conduct inspections. They should be authorised to compel production of any information from financial institutions that is relevant to monitoring such compliance, and to impose sanctions, in line with Recommendation 35, for failure to comply with such requirements. Supervisors should have powers to impose a range of disciplinary and financial sanctions, including the power to withdraw, restrict or suspend the financial institution's license, where applicable.