This is the second time Nepal has been placed on the grey list, which includes countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) regimes. Nepal was on the FATF grey list from 2008 to 2014.
The United Arab Emirates has officially joined the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (EAG) as an observer, becoming the first country in the region to achieve this status.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday praised India's efforts to tackle illicit finance, however, warned the country of serious terrorism and terrorist financing threats, including those related to ISIL or Al Qaeda.
The new directive imposes on financial service providers a requirement not to provide service to a service recipient who does not hold a financial services provider license if the license holder believes that the activity requires obtaining an appropriate license.
On August 14, 2023, the Israel Securities Authority published the draft Money Laundering Prohibition Order (Identification, reporting and records management obligations of a payment company and a basic initiative to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing), the 2023 Law for public c
The Executive Office of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (EO AML/CFT) commenced the second workshop of the UAE's 2022/23 Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA) in collaboration with the World Bank Group.
For decades, Pakistan has allowed some terrorist groups to operate freely while cracking down on others. Terrorism and foreign sanctions resulting from terrorist financing have made it difficult for Pakistan to attract investment.
Paris [France], October 22 (ANI): Money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Myanmar on the "black list" and has called on members to apply enhanced due diligence to business relations and transactions in Myanmar.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rejoiced over the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) exclusion of Islamabad from its grey list after four long years, the group which combat money laundering and terrorist financing.