Pakistan, Sri Lanka lack policies to tackle money laundering and terror financing, says watchdog
Posted on January 4th, 2019
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The Financial Action Task Force said the Bahamas, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Serbia, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Yemen also need to do more.
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said inter-governmental body Financial Action Task Force has called on its members to take steps to protect the financial system from threats emanating from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. According to the top bank, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been included in a list of nations with strategic deficiencies” in their approach towards anti-money laundering measures and the crackdown on financing of terrorism.
The Financial Action Task Force, set up in 1989, works to stop money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the international financial system. The task force has listed the Bahamas, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Serbia, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Yemen as other countries that need to crack down on money laundering and terror financing.