The research examines the organizational principles of building financial monitoring systems (AML/CFT systems) in the USA, Canada and France, as well as analyzes the analytical tools and methods used in these systems. The countries in the article were chosen for analysis due to the similarity of the basis of their functioning to the current model of the financial monitoring system used in Ukraine. World experience and research by scientists differentiate AML/CFT systems in different jurisdictions depending on the elements that make up such