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Italy × Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity

Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity in Italy

Sanctions, anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering and checks on the companies you deal with. In Italy, that means local law, local regulators and local practice, handled by a qualified professional who practises there.

Who handles this workNamed WONE Global lead
  1. What happens next · 1WONE Global acknowledges your requirement and confirms what's involved.
  2. 2Governance Advisors runs its conflict checks.
  3. 3We confirm Stefano Modena as your named lead.
  4. 4You agree scope and fees directly with the firm before work begins.
Italy at a glanceWestern Europe

Rome · Tuesday 3 November

19:58

Local time

Currency
EUR
Working week
Monday – Friday
Dialling code
+39
Region
Western Europe
Doing business in Italy →

What the rules say in Italy

Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity, the essentials

From the Italy market guide: the points that matter most for risk, compliance & financial integrity, each with the source it was checked against.

Essentials guide · Source-checked research100% of statements checked against a source44 checked against an official source7 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-19Not yet professionally reviewed

  • The Financial Intelligence Unit for Italy (UIF), set up at Banca d'Italia under Legislative Decree 231/2007, receives suspicious transaction reports from financial intermediaries, professionals and other obliged entities.

    Obliged entities under the AML decree.Unita di Informazione Finanziaria per l'Italia (UIF) · checked 2026-10-19
  • Primary responsibility for implementing EU sanctions rests with the member states, and EU operators are told to contact their national competent authority first.

    Applies across the EU, including Italy.European Commission (DG FISMA) · checked 2026-10-19
  • An authorisation is required to export dual-use items listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

    Dual-use items listed in Annex I.EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the European Union) · checked 2026-10-19
  • Legislative Decree 231/2001 governs the administrative liability of companies and associations, in force since 4 July 2001.

    Companies and associations, with or without legal personality.Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana · checked 2026-10-19
  • Private entities with an average of at least 50 employees in the past year, entities in certain sensitive sectors, and entities with a Legislative Decree 231/2001 organisation model must set up internal whistleblowing channels.

    Legislative Decree 24/2023.Autorita Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) · checked 2026-10-19
  • ANAC operates the external whistleblowing channel and can impose fines of EUR 10,000 to EUR 50,000 for retaliation, obstruction, breach of confidentiality or failure to set up channels.

    Legislative Decree 24/2023.Autorita Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) · checked 2026-10-19
  • Legislative Decree 231/2007 is Italy's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing law and the legal basis for the UIF.

    Obliged entities.Unita di Informazione Finanziaria per l'Italia (UIF) · checked 2026-10-19

Read the full guide: Banking, payments and capital movement · Compliance, integrity and governance

Scope

What the service covers here

  1. 01Identify the relevant compliance exposures
  2. 02Review counterparties and third-party risks
  3. 03Design proportionate policies and controls
  4. 04Support investigations, remediation and ongoing monitoring

Key questions

What we will work through with you

  • What needs to be decided before risk, compliance & financial integrity work starts?
  • Who is professionally responsible in each country?
  • Which other work, such as tax or employment, must happen at the same time?
  • What information and decisions are needed from the business?

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