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Circular no.5 High Risk Jurisdiction update

CIRCULAR NO.5 ISSUED ON 11TH JULY 2023 TO ALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - HIGH RISK JURISDICTIONS

Further to our circular No. 4 issued on 6th March, 2023, we hereby issue Circular No5 to notify you of the on-going efforts by the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) to identify and work with jurisdictions with strategic AML / CFT deficiencies. The FATF held its latest Plenary meeting from 21st – 23rd June 2023 and thereafter issued the following public statements identifying jurisdictions in the following categories:-

CIRCULAR NO.5: ISSUED ON 11TH JULY 2023 TO ALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - HIGH RISK JURISDICTIONS: RECOMMENDATION 19 OF THE FATF STANDARDS, REGULATION 44 OF THE AML REGULATIONS, 2015.