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Pradeep Kumar

11/05/21 10:40 AM IST

Pakistan to set new rules to meet FATF requirements

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Pakistan, keen to exit from the grey list of the FATF, is set to introduce new rules relating to anti-money laundering cases and change the prosecution process to meet its remaining tough conditions.

Background
  • Pakistan was put on the grey list by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog for money laundering and terror financing in June 2018 and the country has been struggling to come out of it.
Changes
  • The changes being made also include the transfer of investigations and prosecution of anti-money laundering (AML) cases from police, provincial anticorruption establishments (ACEs) and other similar agencies to specialised agencies.
FATF
  • The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
  • The inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and the harm they cause to society. 
  • As a policy-making body, the FATF works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in these areas.
Source: The Hindu

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