India News: NEW DELHI: The FATF, the global body against money laundering and terror financing, is likely to carry out an evaluation of India's established mechan.
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The FATF has strongly urged Pakistan to swiftly complete its full action plan before June 2021.
In a statement, the FATF said, Pakistan’s continued political commitment has led to significant progress across a comprehensive CFT action plan.
In a major blow to the Imran Khan government, Pakistan on Thursday failed to exit the Financial Action Task Force`s (FATF) grey list. The FATF has strongly urged Pakistan to swiftly complete its full action plan before June 2021.
In a statement, the FATF said, Since June 2018, when Pakistan made a high-level political commitment to work with the FATF and APG to strengthen its AML/CFT regime and to address its strategic counter-terrorist financing-related deficiencies, Pakistan’s continued political commitment has led to significant progress across a comprehensive CFT action plan, including by: demonstrating that law enforcement agencies are identifying and investigating the widest range of TF activity, demonstrating enforcem
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Pakistan will continue to remain on FATF Grey List
Pakistan will continue to remain on the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The Paris-based body has asked the country to demonstrate effective implementation of targeted financial sanctions against all 1267 and 1373 designated terrorists. The decision came at the conclusion of the virtual FATF plenary held in Paris from February 22 to 25 to consider cases of various countries on the grey list, including Pakistan.Â
FATFÂ had placed Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018 and asked Islamabad to implement a plan of action to curb money laundering and terror financing by the end of 2019 but the deadline was extended later on due to the COVID-19 pandemic.