FATF: Jurisdictions no Longer under Increased Monitoring – Barbados, Gibraltar, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates

23/02/2024
Posted by: netinfo

Barbados, Gibraltar, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates exited the Financial Action Task Force’s “gray list” of countries with subpar efforts to control illicit finance after making “significant progress” towards addressing the strategic AML/CFT deficiencies previously identified during their mutual evaluations.

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FATF: Jurisdictions no Longer under Increased Monitoring - Barbados, Gibraltar, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates

FATF: Jurisdictions no Longer under Increased Monitoring – Barbados, Gibraltar, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates

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