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New FATF report highlights illicit finance risks linked to Offshore VASPs
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Offshore VASPs are VASPs created under the laws of one jurisdiction, with or without a physical presence, that provide services to clients residing in another jurisdiction. The report analyses how oVASPs structure their activities to avoid or evade regulatory obligations and how illicit acto
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FATF warns of rising cyber-enabled fraud and widening money laundering, te
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
According to the FATF's latest publication, Cyber-Enabled Fraud -- Digitalisation and Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing Risks, fraud has become "one of the most widespread and damaging profit-motivated forms of crime, generating large volumes of illicit procee
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Fraud fight tops FATF agenda as global network meets in Mexico City
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
The plenary approved the FATF's strategic priorities for 2026 to 2028, which will be presented to ministers for endorsement in April. Central to the new agenda is an intensified focus on fraud, now described as an epidemic affecting jurisdictions worldwide.
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India, UAE to strengthen cooperation under FATF framework to counter-terro
Updated : 2 months ago IST
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday agreed to continue cooperation within the framework of the global watchdog on money laundering and terrorist financing, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to counter terror financing and bolster anti-money laundering efforts, following
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Standard practice to hire lobbying firms to strengthen their outreach: MEA
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking at a weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal emphasised that this has been a longstanding norm, noting that India has been hiring such lobbying firms since the 1950s.
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FARA filings reveal Pakistan's US lobbying blitz, securing FATF whitelist
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The FARA disclosures lay bare Pakistan's extensive lobbying efforts in Washington, highlighting its attempts to shield itself from international accountability even as India decisively targeted terror infrastructure in PoJK and Pakistan.
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India, Malaysia vow deeper counter-terror partnership at 3rd Joint Working
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, both sides condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, stressing the need for stronger and sustained international cooperation to tackle global terror threats. They also reiterated their resolve to work closely in multilateral platf
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India, US call for additional designations of LeT, JeM and their proxy gro
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India and the United States have unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism and renewed their commitment to strengthening multilateral cooperation in the field of countering terrorism, including in the UN, Quad and the Financial
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FATF highlights India's good practices in asset recovery; ED's work featur
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The latest publication of FATF, namely "Asset Recovery Guidance and Best Practices", showcases India's effective framework for tracing, seizing, and returning assets derived from criminal activities.
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FATF releases detailed guidance to help practitioners recover criminal ass
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The FATF has released new global guidance to strengthen efforts to recover criminal assets. It highlights best practices, real-world examples, and tools to help countries confiscate illicit funds, support victims, and deter crime, reinforcing that "crime will not pay."
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Nepal continue to remain in FATF'S greylist
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) kept Nepal and 17 other countries on its 'greylist' and reviewed their progress in addressing strategic deficiencies in combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.
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North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar continue to remain on FATF's blacklist
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog against terror financing and money laundering, continued to list North Korea (DPRK), Iran, and Myanmar under blacklist as "high-risk jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action" for severe deficiencies in their anti-money launderi
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