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Third extension of ED director SK Mishra illegal: Supreme Court

A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol said in view of the peer review being conducted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this year and to enable smooth transition, Mishra's tenure will be till July 31. Read further on Dynamite News:

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FATF Urges Implementation Of Travel Rule To Combat Cryptocurrency-related Crime

Global financial watchdog calls for prompt action to address anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing in crypto activities.

Zenger

Vietnam on financial grey list over weapons-proliferation risks

HANOI: Vietnam was added to the watch list of the FATF international financial crime watchdog, which said the nation has nonetheless committed to proving it effectively prevents the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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Croatia added to ‘grey list’ by financial crimes watchdog

The move makes Croatia the only EU country on the list, which also includes the United Arab Emirates, Panama and Mali.

Al Jazeera

UAE starts extradition process of British suspect in Danish fraud case

The United Arab Emirates has begun the extradition process of a British citizen to Denmark who is suspected of defrauding Danish tax authorities of over $1 billion, a UAE official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

EU removes Pakistan from list of high-risk countries

Government says move will ease cost and time of legal and financial transactions by Pakistani entities and individuals.

Al Jazeera

Alan Kohler: Why the Ukraine war poses a grave and growing danger to Australia

Australia's problem is that Xi Jinping is fully invested in a 'no limits' pact with Putin. If China goes all-in, bad news for our exports.

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South Africa has been grey listed for not stopping money laundering and terrorism funding. What it means

The Financial Action Task Force has placed South Africa on a list of countries under increased monitoring, commonly known as the grey list, after it failed to address all of the shortcomings on money laundering and the financing of terrorism that the task force identified in its 2019 evaluation of…

The Conversation

Morocco Removed from Financial Action Task Force Grey List

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided unanimously to remove the Kingdom of Morocco from the enhanced monitoring process, known as "grey list", after assessing the compliance of the national system with international standards relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. This decision was taken at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Financial crime watchdog adds South Africa to 'grey list'

International financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday added South Africa to its "grey list" of countries under special scrutiny to implement standards to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing.

Reuters

Ukraine urges financial crime watchdog to expel Russia

Ukraine issued a new appeal on Wednesday to the global financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to exclude Russia and blacklist it as a high-risk jurisdiction, the finance ministry said.

Reuters

Countries to face ‘grey list’ in anti-terror crackdown on crypto

Money-laundering watchdog is planning to ramp up oversight of crypto providers, sources say

Al Jazeera

Myanmar downplays blacklisting by money laundering watchdog

Myanmar's central bank has promised improvements and warned against currency manipulation after an international watchdog put the military-controlled country on a terrorism and financial crimes blacklist

The Independent UK

Pakistan removed from global ‘terrorism’ financing list

Pakistan was on a ‘grey list’ of nations considered at high risk of money laundering and ‘terror’ financing since 2018.

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The Independent UK

Pakistan taken off watch list for terror funding, laundering

An international watchdog says it's removing Pakistan from its so-called “gray list” of countries that do not take full measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing

Reuters

Pakistan taken off global watchdog's 'grey' list for terrorism financing

Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list said on Friday.

Reuters

Explainer-Pakistan hopes to get off global dirty money watchdog's 'grey list'

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog, starts a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday and is expected to take up removal of Pakistan from a list of countries under "increased monitoring".

The Guardian - UK

The world has a choice: act decisively now or face a larger conflict with Russia

Ukraine needs more support. This can and must be agreed this week, says Ukrainian presidential adviser Vladyslav Vlasiuk

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Ukraine wants global financial crime watchdog to expel Russia

Ukraine's central bank chief said on Friday he plans to ask the global financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to expel Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

The Hindu

China blocks listing of Lashkar ‘commander’ Sajid Mir at UNSC

This is Beijing’s third attempt in three months

Reuters

Cash-rich Germany criticised by watchdog over money laundering

Germany has been criticised by a global watchdog for failing to do enough to tackle money laundering, such as by prosecuting very few for the crime despite being one of the globe's biggest cash centres.

The Guardian - UK

Europe put tax havens in the Caribbean – and now punishes them for it

The EU tax haven and ‘dirty money’ blacklists discriminate against Caribbean countries and other poor nations while letting western nations off the hook

The Hindu

High-level security meet discusses action plan as terror activities spike in Rajouri and Poonch

“The raids are in connection with a hawala racket that was unearthed with the arrest of two people who were allegedly routing money to terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Badr,” officials said.

The Hindu

Ahead of FATF visit, Pakistan doubles efforts to ‘trace’ Masood Azhar

Senior FATF team to verify if Pakistan, on the ‘grey list’ since 2018, has carried out task list actions

Radio France Internationale

EU moves to tame the 'wild west' of cryptocurrencies in landmark legislation

The European Union has agreed on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets as the crash in bitcoin value piles pressure on authorities to rein in the sector.

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