ISLAMABAD: Global watchdog for terror financing FATF has sought more clarifications and data from Pakistan on actions taken against madrassas belonging to proscribed outfits, after Islamabad submitted a report to it detailing steps taken by the government to …
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FATF asks 150 questions to Pakistan
Why has Pakistan indicted India’s most wanted now?
NEW DELHI: Four days after an anti-terrorism court in Lahore failed to indict Hafiz Saeed, founder of both Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its supposedly humanitarian arm, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), following the failure of Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies to produce…
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UK Financial Watchdog FCA Now Supervises AML/CTF Compliance of Crypto Businesses
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) now monitors anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) for companies carrying out cryptocurrency-related activities.
According to an official announcement published on Jan. 10, FCA will supe…
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FATF blacklisting may affect Pakistan’s capital inflows: IMF report
The potential blacklisting of Pakistan by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) could have implications for capital inflows to the country, according to a report released by the IMF.
The FATF, a global watchdog for terror financing, that kept P…
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Or else, blacklisting
By: Editorial | New Delhi |
Updated: December 12, 2019 11:37:58 pm
It is important for India that the FATF stays the course with Pakistan because it is the only body that has had a demonstrable effect on the countrys approach to terror groups based on its…
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Mumbai 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed officially charged with terrorist-financing in Pakistan
The court in Lahore indicted Saeed and four his accomplices with financing terrorist activities in various cities of the Punjab province. The filing of charges was due on Saturday but was delayed because one of the suspects could not be present at court.
Sae…
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FATF’s another 150 questions for Pakistan
Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on Indias interests, Indian diaspora.
FATFs another 150 questions for Pakistan
What to study?
For Prelims: FATF, Grey list, Dark Grey list, G7, About APG.
For Mains: Wha…
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FATF blacklisting may affect Pakistan#39;s capital inflows: IMF report
The potential blacklisting of Pakistan by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) could have implications for capital inflows to the country, according to a report released by the IMF.
The FATF, a global watchdog for terror financing, that kept Pa…
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Countering terror-financing: bottlenecks
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Combating money laundering and terror financing has assumed greater importance as elements and gauging factors in international relations. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental organisation founded…
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‘Anonymity Vouchers’ Could Bring Limited Privacy to CBDCs: ECB Report
The European Central Bank (ECB) is thinking through the logistics of a hypothetical central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Revealed Tuesday in an ECB report, Europe’s central bankers have developed an anonymity voucher to give prospective CBDC users limited p…
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