ABSTRACT
The AML/CFT network is thus conceptualised close to the concept of ‘issue network’, described by Rhodes and Marsh as large in membership, encompassing different interests, characterised by fluctuating contacts and access levels, the presence of conflict amongst members, being consultative in nature and being composed of members with unequal powers and resources. As a result, the characteristics of issue networks as well as the element of resource exchange help illustrate how these IGOs are characterised, not separately but as part of a network. The AML/CFT network exists, inter alia, via the attendance of the IMF and the WB to FATF plenaries (and other IGOs).63 This interaction becomes crucial to the maintenance of the network and the capacity to shape institutions, but also to the policy and state decision making, as explained further below.64
