# VSB 20 Art. 50 — Forms of active assistance - **Rubric (DE):** Formen der aktiven Beihilfe - **Rubric (EN):** Forms of active assistance - **Chapter:** 6. Kapitel — Verbot der aktiven Beihilfe zur Kapitalflucht - **Scope:** Banks & securities firms (incorporated via [[GwV-FINMA Art. 35 - Identification, controlling person and beneficial|GwV-FINMA Art. 35]]) - **Status:** In force (since 1 January 2020) ## Description Lists what counts as active assistance (*aktive Beihilfe*): (a) the organised reception of clients abroad outside the bank's premises for the purpose of accepting funds; (b) participating abroad in organising compensation transactions (*Kompensationsgeschäfte*), if the bank knows or, given all the circumstances, must know that the compensation serves capital flight; (c) active cooperation with persons and companies that organise capital flight for third parties or provide ancillary services for it, by (i) giving mandates, (ii) promising commissions, or (iii) maintaining their accounts, if the bank knows that these persons and companies use their accounts on a commercial basis (*gewerbsmässig*) for purposes of aiding capital flight; (d) referring the contracting party to persons and companies named in lit. c. ## Context & interpretation The SBA commentary states that Chapter 6 (Art. 47–52) remains unchanged in the 2020 revision. Under Art. 64 Abs. 2, a breach of Art. 46–57 is sanctioned only if intentional (*vorsätzlich*). ## FATF - None directly. ## Swiss counterparts - None in this map. ## Part of - [[VSB 20]] ## Sources - VSB 20 (Vereinbarung vom 13. Juni 2018, in force 1.1.2020), Art. 50 - SBVg Kommentar zur VSB 20 (2020), Kapitel 6 (Art. 47–52) and Art. 64 Abs. 2