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High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action – October 2023
Paris, 27 October 2023 - High-risk jurisdictions have significant strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass…
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Decisive action to remove Vietnam from the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring for anti-money laundering
On the morning of 18 October, chairing a meeting of the Steering Committee for Anti-Money Laundering, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai said that in June 2023 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had placed Vietnam…
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Philippine President revamps AML/CTF strategy to take the country off the FATF grey list
Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recently directed government agencies and departments to implement a new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) strategy. The new plan aims to take…
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The FATF Recommendations: what you need to know
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an international, intergovernmental body on combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Established in 1989, the FATF works to harmonise international anti-money…
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26th Annual Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Group on combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing
From 9 to 14 July 2023, the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG26) on combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing was held in Vancouver, Canada…
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The negative impacts on national economies of being placed on the FATF grey list
The FATF recently officially placed South Africa on its “grey list”, which could have serious consequences for the South African economy, already struggling after the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic “damage” will be…
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FATF ADDS NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA TO ITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING WATCH LIST
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has added Nigeria and South Africa to its “grey list” of countries that need to step up efforts to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF is an intergovernmental…
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Course on detecting, investigating, analysing and preventing proliferation financing
From 14 to 16 November 2022 in Ninh Binh, Standing Office 81, in coordination with the Anti-Money Laundering Department of the State Bank of Vietnam and the Export Control and Related Border Security Program of the U.S…
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In-depth review mechanism to prioritise the tracing, seizure and confiscation of cross-border criminal assets
On 13 September 2022, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and INTERPOL launched a joint initiative on recovering assets from money laundering crimes, marking a turning point in global asset recovery efforts. While…
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Germany’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Germany has made significant reforms over the past five years to strengthen its system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CTF). Some of the new measures are already producing results, but…
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National Action Plan on anti-money laundering approved
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a Decision promulgating the National Action Plan on combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing for the 2021–2025 period. Hanoi (VNA)…
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APG Yearly Typologies Report 2022
Each year, the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) publishes a report to share information on typologies in the region, including information on money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) trends and a…