The General Directorate of Financial intelligence shall be under the oversight of the President of the State Security, and shall enjoy adequate operational independence. It shall act as a national central agency to receive suspicious transaction reports, or other information or reports relating to money laundering, predicate offenses or proceeds of crime as provided for by this Law and its Implementing Regulations, to analyze such reports and information, and to disseminate the results of its analysis to competent authorities, either spontaneously or upon request. The President of the State Security shall determine the organizational structure of the Directorate and the Implementing Regulations shall identify its governance, mandate and its methods of operation.

The Directorate may on its own motion or by request, disseminate information and the results of its analysis to relevant competent authorities when there are grounds to suspect that a transaction is related to money laundering or a predicate offence. The Directorate shall have the authority to carry out its function freely, including the autonomous decision to conduct analysis, request, disseminate or forward specific information.

Every person with duties for or within the Directorate is required to keep confidential any information obtained within the scope of these duties, even after the cessation of those duties.

Information disclosed to the Directorate may be exchanged with other competent authorities. The Directorate may enter into an agreement or arrangement with competent authorities to facilitate cooperation and information exchange.