MANU/RPRL/0238/2016

Ministry : Reserve Bank of India

Department/Board : RBI

Press Release No. : 2016-2017/716

Date : 20.09.2016

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Public Statement dated June 24, 2016.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the on-going and substantial money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/FT) risks emanating from the jurisdictions of Iran and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). FATF has further identified the following jurisdictions as having strategic deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF to deal with them. These jurisdictions are: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guyana, Iraq, Lao PDR, Syria, Uganda, Vanuatu and Yemen. FATF has further identified Myanmar, Papua New Guinea as jurisdictions no longer subject to its on-going global AML/CFT compliance process given the significant progress made by them in improving its AML/CFT regime.

The information is available in the updated public statement and document released by FATF on June 24, 2016. The statement and document can be accessed at the following URL:

1) http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnoncooperativejurisdictions/documents/public-statement-june-2016.html

2) http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/high-riskandnoncooperativejurisdictions/documents/fatf-compliance-june-2016.html

FATF plenary releases a public statement and a document titled 'Improving Global AML/CFT Compliance: On-going Process' with respect to jurisdictions that have strategic AML/CFT deficiencies as a part of the ongoing efforts to identify and work with jurisdictions with strategic Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) deficiencies. The statement and the document are available on the website of FATF and such advices do not preclude the regulated entities from legitimate trade and business transactions with the countries and jurisdictions mentioned there.

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