Global money laundering and terrorism watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is due for on-site visit to Pakistan next month to verify steps taken by the c
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) has concluded its hybrid annual meeting with over 370 international delegates from around the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide, aimed at strengthening efforts in combating global financial crimes.
(Business in Cameroon) - In 2018, terrorists illegally transferred about XAF160 billion using cryptocurrencies in Cameroon. This is revealed in the first National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment published by Cameroon through the World Bank’s technical support.
Cryptocurrencies are dematerialized, decentralized, and encrypted payment instruments with no physical payment. They are not issued by monetary authorities or institutions and operate without a central controlling body. Their values are encrypted and are essentially determined by a technology called blockchain (a system of recording information in a way that makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack, or cheat the system).