To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. General Communiqué of Financial Crimes Investigation Board numbered 19, effective as of 1 May 2021, on remote identity verification (the "Communiqué"), was published in Official Gazette numbered 31470 of 30 April 2021. The important provisions included in the Communiqué are briefly as follows: The obliged parties may use remote identification methods for the purpose of verifying the identity of the customer in the establishment of a permanent business relationship if the legislation pertaining to their main field of activity permits to establish a contract with methods that allow the verification of