> Do Germans or Italians want different anti-money laundering standards, for example?
Yes. Germany is the highest user of cash in G-7 and has radically different views on privacy from other G-7/G-20 country, doesn't even have a centralized citizen register.
They have very little in common with Italy on many aspects, and certainly standards would vary as well.
But what does it matter? You think supra-national organizations actually care what some little people think?
Edit: German citizens are all properly in registers, more local, but very registered nonetheless. You need to have government ID by law. Plus there is a national tax ID.
Do tell: how do you think these standards are established? By performing surveys or some other democratic/rule of law/other ritual?
FATF is an unelected, undemocratic body, where you have absolute monarchies like Saudi Arabia and authoritarian states like Russia audit the free/democratic/morebuzzwords West.
Yes. Germany is the highest user of cash in G-7 and has radically different views on privacy from other G-7/G-20 country, doesn't even have a centralized citizen register.
They have very little in common with Italy on many aspects, and certainly standards would vary as well.
But what does it matter? You think supra-national organizations actually care what some little people think?