Ukraine has once more appealed to Financial Action Task Force (FATF) member states to expel Russia from the global financial crime watchdog and include it on its list of high-risk jurisdictions, often referred to as the black list. The appeal… Read More ›

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Belarus should be blacklisted by FATF and expelled from Egmont Group says head of Ukraine’s FIU
The head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine (SFMSU) has called on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to recognise Belarus as a country proliferating weapons of mass destruction and place it on its so called black list… Read More ›
UAE publicises improvements in AML/CFT systems
One of the UAE’s most prominent political figures has put his name to an extensive article outlining what appear to be substantial changes to the emirates’ anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) systems. In 2020 the Financial Action… Read More ›
FATF report highlights importance of customs services in TBML fight
Customs services play the role of sentinels for illicit trade activity according to the recently published report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in collaboration with Egmont Group to help the public and private sector with the challenges of… Read More ›
Nigeria clamps down on over-invoicing and forex overpricing
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) are working with Interpol and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in an investigation to uncover companies engaged in foreign exchange fraud that… Read More ›