# GwG Art. 8d — Adviser organisational measures - **Rubric (DE):** Organisatorische Massnahmen - **Rubric (EN):** Adviser organisational measures; training and controls; covers EmbG sanctions breaches - **Status:** In force ## Description Article 8d, in force from 1 October 2026, requires advisers to take the organisational measures, within their own sphere, necessary to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing and to prevent breaches of sanctions-enforcement measures under the Embargo Act (EmbG, SR 946.231). The provision names two specific components: advisers must ensure adequate staff training and must maintain controls. It mirrors, for the new adviser category, the organisational-duty regime that already binds financial intermediaries, extending the internal-governance layer of Swiss AML law — training, controls, and now also sanctions compliance — to advisers for the first time. ## Context & interpretation The express cross-reference to the Embargo Act is notable: it folds sanctions-circumvention risk into the adviser's AML compliance programme rather than leaving it to a separate function. Because advisers are a newly regulated gatekeeper class that typically lacks in-house compliance infrastructure — company-formation agents, domiciliary-address providers, real-estate transaction advisers — Art. 8d effectively obliges even small advisory practices to have training and control processes in place. ## Serves AMLR - [[AMLR Art. 9 - Scope of internal policies|AMLR Art. 9]] — Scope of internal policies ## Further AMLR connections - [[AMLR Art. 12 - Awareness - training|AMLR Art. 12]] — AMLR Art. 12 requires awareness measures and ongoing, documented, function- and risk-appropriate staff training; GwG Art. 8d (in force 1.10.2026) requires the new adviser category to ensure adequate staff training and maintain controls. *(related)* ## FATF - [[FATF R.23 - DNFBPs - Other measures|FATF R.23 — DNFBPs - Other measures]] — GwG Art. 8d requires advisers to take organisational measures, including staff training and controls. *(direct)* ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- GwG Art. 8d — German original, SR 955.0, consolidated version of 1 October 2026 (Fedlex) > **Art. 8d Organisatorische Massnahmen** > Die Beraterinnen und Berater treffen in ihrem Bereich die organisatorischen Massnahmen, die zur Verhinderung der Geldwäscherei und der Terrorismusfinanzierung sowie von Verstössen gegen Zwangsmassnahmen nach dem EmbG notwendig sind. Sie sorgen namentlich für genügende Ausbildung des Personals und für Kontrollen.