Governor of the Central Bank heads the FATF in Bahrain to discuss money laundering

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Tuesday November 18, 2014 11:25

Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Iraqi Central Bank announced on Tuesday, was headed for the province FATF in Bahrain to discuss the anti-money laundering issues, indicating that the session will come to adopt the recommendations of the accepted international standards in this regard.

The bank said in a statement: "Alsumaria News", a copy of the "received the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq on the Keywords presided over the work of the twentieth session of the Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held in Bahrain to discuss the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing issues," adding that "the session will last from 16 and up 21 of this November. "

He added that the bank "will emerge session to adopt the recommendations of the accepted international standards in this regard, as well as any other criteria adopted by the Arab countries to strengthen the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism and the proliferation of arms in the region."

A report of the Institute of Government in Basel , Switzerland, in September 2014 that Iraq was ranked sixth globally in terms of highest risk in the fight against money laundering n "Iraq occupied the sixth largest in the world in the highest risk in the fight against money laundering as the highest risk countries.

The governments of 14 Arab countries had been held in November 30, 2004, a ministerial meeting in Manama , Kingdom of Bahrain , on the establishment of the Financial Action Group for the Middle East and North Africa in order to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism (MENAFATF) works along the lines of FATF (FATF) , it was agreed to be the host country is the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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