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Uganda exits FATF grey list, bolstering global financial reputation

Initial listing in 2020 followed accusations of an inadequate commitment to tackling money laundering activities and terrorist financing Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been officially delisted from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list,” a catalog of jurisdictions under scrutiny for inadequate measures against money laundering and …

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Financial Crime: Uganda struck off International Grey list of FATF

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been struck off the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a categorization that risked the Ugandan financial industry being blacklisted. The FATF Grey List acts as a warning to a country that other countries, authorities and the international community will …

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Uganda to be blacklisted over money laundering

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s financial industry risks being blacklisted by international systems for failure to put in place measures that can effectively prevent financial crimes like money laundering. This is a requirement by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global inter-governmental organisation on the initiative of the …

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Uganda to be blacklisted over money laundering

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the Finance Intelligence Authority, Sydney Asubo revealed that Uganda risks being blacklisted by the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) if the government does not tackle money laundering by May 2022. Asubo who was appearing before the Committee on Finance said that the FATF …

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