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Executive Service
Servicio Ejecutivo
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Agency overview
FormedNovember 7, 1980;43 years ago(1980-11-07)
Preceding agency
  • Executive Service of the Commission for Surveillance of Exchange Control Infractions
JurisdictionKingdom of Spain
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Annual budget€21.8 million (2023)[1]
Agency executive
  • Pedro Manuel Comín Rodríguez, Director
Parent departmentMinistry of Economy
Parent agencyCommission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses
Websitewww.sepblac.es

TheExecutive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses(Spanish:Servicio Ejecutivo de la Comisión de Prevención del Blanqueo de Capitales e Infracciones Monetarias,SEPBLAC) is thefinancial intelligence unit(FIU) of theSpanishMinistry of Economy.As FIU, the Sepblac is the supervisory authority for the prevention ofmoney launderingand thefinancing of terrorismand the execution of sanctions and financial countermeasures of the 2010 Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism Act.[2]Since 30 October 2020, the director of the Executive Service is Pedro Manuel Comín Rodríguez.[3]

Its main task is to fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and cooperating with theFinancial Action Task Force(FATF) of whichSpainhas been a member since 1990.

Attached to SEPBLAC are the Central Financial Intelligence Brigade of theNational Police Corps,the Investigation Unit of theCivil Guardand a financial intelligence unit of theAgencia Tributaria.

The Commission

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The Executive Service reports to the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses (integrated in the Secretariat of State for Economy and Business Support), a collective body composed by representatives of the Ministry of Economy, theMinistry of Industry,theMinistry of Justice,theMinistry of Foreign Affairs,theMinistry of the Interior,theNational Intelligence Centre,theProsecution Ministry,theGeneral Council of the Judiciary,theBank of Spain,theSpanish Data Protection Agency,theSpanish Tax Agencyand of the differentlaw enforcement agencies.

References

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  1. ^"2023 SEPBLAC Budget"(PDF).p. 6.
  2. ^"Ley 10/2010, de 28 de abril, de prevención del blanqueo de capitales y de la financiación del terrorismo".www.boe.es(in Spanish).Retrieved2022-03-11.
  3. ^"La autoridad contra el blanqueo arremete contra bancos, abogados, auditores y asesores fiscales".El siglo de Europa(in Spanish). 2020-12-03.Retrieved2022-03-11.
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