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San Marino

San Marino is organized here as a Europe research route covering 2 public-policy areas. The route begins with Tax Havens / Offshore Finance (banking secrecy, cross-border deposits), Gambling (tourism-linked gaming and casino operations).

Executive summary

This page is a structured research guide to institutions, public frameworks, and possible lines of inquiry in San Marino. It supports rapid orientation and identifies where current primary-source verification is required.

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Tax Havens / Offshore Finance (banking secrecy, cross-border deposits)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Bank compliance officers file suspicious-transaction reports on non-resident shell accounts
  • Disclose secrecy-driven booking practices to the Financial Intelligence Agency

Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF, San Marino's Financial Intelligence Agency); Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino (Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino)

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Correspondent banks condition relationships on CRS and FATF compliance
  • Allocators screen Sammarinese counterparties against beneficial-ownership transparency

Italian and EU correspondent banks; Central Bank of San Marino supervisory department

Regulator / Agency

  • Central Bank of San Marino enforces AML and beneficial-ownership rules on licensed banks
  • AIF conducts onsite inspections and sanctions non-compliant institutions
  • Publish automatic-exchange reporting statistics

Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino; Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF)

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • OECD Global Forum peer-reviews San Marino's CRS implementation
  • MONEYVAL (Council of Europe) evaluates AML/CFT effectiveness
  • EU monitors the San Marino Monetary Agreement and tax-cooperation accord

OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information; MONEYVAL (Council of Europe); European Union (EU-San Marino Monetary Agreement)

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Gambling (tourism-linked gaming and casino operations)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Gaming-operator compliance staff report structured or suspicious cash flows
  • Disclose lapses in player-identification to the financial intelligence unit

Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF); San Marino gaming licensing authority under the relevant Secretariat of State

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Operators and payment providers require AML certification before processing gaming flows
  • Lenders condition financing on responsible-gaming controls

Licensed Sammarinese banks supervised by the Central Bank of San Marino

Regulator / Agency

  • National gaming authority sets and enforces licensing and player-protection conditions
  • AIF applies AML rules to the gaming sector and audits cash handling

San Marino gaming regulator under the Secretariat of State for Finance and Budget; Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF)

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • MONEYVAL assesses gaming-sector AML/CFT controls in its country evaluation
  • EU AML directives inform standards adopted under the monetary agreement

MONEYVAL (Council of Europe); European Union

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Research references

Use the public glossary for terminology and the selected publications and working papers for public evidence and methods.