To provide aid in investigating a cross-border money laundering case, a Financial Intelligence Unit (PIU) that is a member of the Egmont Group can:

FIUs cannot directly contact financial institutions in another country, as doing so would violate the national sovereignty and privacy laws of that jurisdiction - information must flow through the foreign FIU.

The Egmont Group was specifically established to facilitate direct FIU-to-FIU information sharing, and member FIUs can use the Egmont Secure Web (ESW) to directly contact and exchange financial intelligence with other member FIUs. This peer-to-peer communication channel is the core operational mechanism that distinguishes Egmont Group membership and enables cross-border AML investigations.

FIUs do not have authority to deputize investigators to operate in foreign jurisdictions, as this would constitute an unauthorized exercise of law enforcement power in a sovereign nation.

FIUs share financial intelligence with foreign FIUs, who then assist their own domestic law enforcement - FIUs themselves do not directly assist foreign law enforcement in ongoing investigations.