Haiti, Malta, Philippines and South Sudan added to FATF grey list, Ghana removed
Haiti, Malta, Philippines and South Sudan have been added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring the task force announced at the end of its plenary session on 25 June. Ghana is the only country to be removed from…
AML/CFT compliance ‘below satisfactory’ in 19 European jurisdictions says Moneyval
There is a serious need to improve the effectiveness of states’ action against money laundering and terrorist financing according to the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) body Moneyval in its recently released Annual Report for 2020. It finds that…
Despite coronavirus impacts FATF removes Iceland and Mongolia from grey list, remains committed to AML/CFT brief
Due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the work of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been significantly disrupted this year, including its work determining ‘jurisdictions under increased monitoring’. These jurisdictions – often referred to externally as countries on the FATF grey list…
Trade-based financial crime and misinvoicing in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia
A new report from the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime has found significant evidence of trade-based financial crime in Albania facilitated by misinvoicing. Illicit Financial Flows in Albania, Kosovo And North Macedonia looks at illicit financial flows (IFFs) all three of the Balkan states. The…
US state department names major money laundering countries for 2018
The US state department has published its 2019 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). It contains a full volume on money laundering activity worldwide that includes an extensive commentary on the growing number of jurisdictions in which trade-based financial crime is becoming an increasing menace….
FATF updates list of jurisdictions with AML and CFT deficiencies
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has updated its list of jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) regimes. Indonesia has been removed from FATF’s list that calls for enhanced due diligence and has been moved to the…
